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minus-squaremuddi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·1 year agoIs that a big bargaining chip or something? The presence of the Ukrainian Olympic team?
minus-squarepancakes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-21 year agoI mean, having Ukraine boycott the Olympics isn’t a great look for the Olympics.
minus-squarePerCarita@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThe IOC is not a great look for the Olympics. The organisation is cancerous, just like FIFA
minus-squarekrolden@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agodidnt a bunch of people boycott it when china was hosting it?
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoYeah because the Olympic committee are a bunch of idiots. They keep saying that the Olympics are not political, while being obviously political. Allowing China to host was a political decision. It showed support for China, no matter how much the Olympic committee said it didn’t. Morons the lot of them.
minus-squareTrudge [Comrade]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoNo serious athlete will want mickey mouse medals if the real competition isn’t there.
Is that a big bargaining chip or something? The presence of the Ukrainian Olympic team?
I mean, having Ukraine boycott the Olympics isn’t a great look for the Olympics.
The IOC is not a great look for the Olympics. The organisation is cancerous, just like FIFA
didnt a bunch of people boycott it when china was hosting it?
Yeah because the Olympic committee are a bunch of idiots. They keep saying that the Olympics are not political, while being obviously political.
Allowing China to host was a political decision. It showed support for China, no matter how much the Olympic committee said it didn’t.
Morons the lot of them.
No serious athlete will want mickey mouse medals if the real competition isn’t there.