The International Olympic Committee has set standards for Russian and Belarusian athletes when they compete, but they are not enough for Ukrainian boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko.
Athletes from Russia or Belarus must compete under neutral status and have no military ties, and anyone who has shown support for the invasion of Ukraine is not allowed to compete.
But Klitschko, the brother of Kviv’s mayor, former boxer Vitali Klitschko, took to Twitter to criticize the IOC for allowing Ukrainian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the first place.
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Wladimir Klitschko speaks to journalists during an interview at the Mercedes-Benz building ahead of the Laureus World Sports Awards on February 17, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Boris Streubel/Getty Images for Laureus)
«The IOC authorizes Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games under ‘neutral flag’. This decision is a false flag…» he tweeted on Tuesday. «This decision contaminates the Olympic spirit and is like this war: nonsense.»
The official page of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine tweeted: «The white flag of the Russian Olympic team is dripping with the blood of innocent Ukrainian civilians,» a post the 1996 Olympic gold medalist retweeted.
Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir Klitschko during the Champions Dinner on the 70th anniversary of the Bund Deutscher Berufsboxer (German boxers association) at Alfons Schubeck’s Suedtiroler Stuben on April 5, 2019 in Munich, Germany. (Gisela Schober/Getty Images)
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In February, Klitschko recorded a video pleading with IOC President Thomas Bach to ban athletes from those countries from competing, saying it would «portray the Olympic spirit» if he did.
Russian athletes were banned from playing in last year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament.
Wladimir Klitschko, left, of the Ukraine, and Bryant Jennings of the USA exchange blows during their world heavyweight championship fight on April 25, 2015, at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
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Klitschko went 64-5 in his illustrious career, winning 53 of his fights by knockout.