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Ukraine to compete at 2024 Olympics on one condition: athletes from Russia and Belarus must perform under neutral flags (www.rt.com)

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[-] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 44 points 2 years ago

I don't think that's fair to the athletes. They have all worked super hard to make it to the olympics and they shouldn't be banned because of their birthplace.

[-] mindlight@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

They are not allowed to represent their birthplace because the birthplace actively financing and supporting systematic doping. That is not the same as they are being banned.

I have no understanding for why you want to represent that.

[-] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Why should doping even be illegal? You sound a lot like chuds talking about trans athletes

Competition will never be perfectly fair, Michael Phelps is a genetic freak who's just better at swimming than most people due to his insane lung capacity but he's still allowed to compete