Ukrainian tennis star Svitolina.

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[Reporter Liang Weiming/Comprehensive Report] As the International Olympic Committee (IOC) considers allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics as a neutral identity, Ukrainian female tennis star Elina Svitolina publicly called on all walks of life to resolutely before the truce Against, because her homeland is suffering a large-scale invasion by the Russian army assisted by Belarus, and Latvia has also joined the strong protests in Ukraine, and a boycott of the Olympics will not be ruled out at that time.

"The Olympics is the greatest dream and ultimate goal of athletes. It is also the largest and most diverse sports platform that attracts great attention from all over the world. Considering this, we must insist on banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating." Svitoli Na is married to French tennis star Gael Monfils. In 2017, she ranked No. 3 in the world women's singles, which was the highest in her career. In a statement on Twitter: "Our sanctions against Russia, Belarus should be united and allow their governments to suffer consequences for their heinous actions. Their lives cannot go on as usual, and neither the world nor the people of Russia and Russia Nothing is known about the atrocities of war they committed in Ukraine."

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The Ukrainian sports minister recently stated that he is seeking broad support from the international community to ban athletes from the two countries from participating in the Olympics. The Latvian Olympic Games issued a statement in support, emphasizing that as long as the war continues, it is unacceptable for athletes from the two countries to participate in the Olympics under any banner. It will encourage further escalation of the war, and the normalization of war crimes and brutal violence, and Latvians should not take part in any competition involving Russian or Belarusian athletes.”

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