6:45 am: Thomas Bach “shares the suffering” of Ukrainian athletes
Ukrainian athletes “know how much we share their suffering”, assured Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Sunday in Courchevel, in response to comments from kyiv accusing the body of being a “promoter of the war” in Ukraine.
“It is not up to governments to decide” on the participation of certain countries in international competitions and in particular in the Paris Olympic Games in 2024, he added, while some States are considering a boycott of the Olympic Games in the event of presence. of Russian and Belarusian athletes.