Poland sports and tourism minister Kamil Bortniczuk has stated that around 40 coutries could boycott the Paris Olymics and term the holding of Games ‘pointless’. Bortniczuk says he that he belives in a possible coalition of 40 countries, along with Great Britain, the United States and Canada to support a block of the Games.
‘Enough to make holding Games pointless’
“Considering this I don’t think we will face tough decisions before the Olympics and, if we were to boycott the Games, the coalition we will be a part of will be broad enough to make holding the Games pointless,” he added.
Last week, the IOC announced it would “explore a pathway” to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris under a neutral flag, citing that “no athlete should be prevented from competing just because of their passport”.
Ukraine threatens to boycott Paris Olympics
After this Ukraine has threatened to boycott the Paris Olympics. Baltic states — Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania — and Poland jointly condemned the IOC’s call for allowing athletes of the aggressor countries, Russia and Belarus, into international competitions saying that it will legitimise and distract attention from Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.
