26-02-2022, 05:01 PM
Brekkie post_id=70382 time=1645883822 user_id=976 Wrote:RhysJR post_id=70343 time= user_id=1340 Wrote:Russia has comitted the major crime of breaking the Olympic Truce, which is the major red line of the IOC apparently.It's an odd concept when you think about it - fine to invade who you like at any other point in the Olympic cycle, but don't disrupt our games. Again feels the concept of the Olympic Truce is to protect commercial interests around the stagimg of the games rather than to promote peace.
It will be interesting to see what impact this has on the Paralympics - in any other country you'd expect multiple signs of support for Ukraine, but in China I'm not so sure athletes will feel as free to express such views.
I suspect the IPC will come under massive pressure this week to ban Russia from competing or other counties will withdraw. Could be a very bumpy buildup as the BBC are reporting the IPC believe they have no legal basis to do so and any attempt would be overturned at CAS. Decisions by CAS could have a big effect on sporting events in the months to come.