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2018 Olympics: fair play for Russian athletes petition published on change.org

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2018 Olympics: fair play for Russian athletes petition published on change.org


31.01.2018

pixabay.comRussian compatriots in Germany wrote a petition against IOC decision on the conditions for Russian athletes participation in Winter Olympic Games. It is published on Change.org.

The petition creators call members of IOC to be objective and not to put responsibility over Russian athletes just because of their nationality. They think that banning Russian athletes from Olympics unfair game that borders with lawlessness. 

Compatriots urge IOC to recheck Russian athletes and give a green light to “clean” ones to perform under Russian flag. The petition also demands to to consider questions of ban from the tournaments in The European Court of Human Rights.

The text of petition is written in three languages – Russian, English, and German. At this time, more than 2500 people signed the petition.

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