Dozens of countries may announce a boycott of the 2024 Winter Olympics if Russian and Belarusian athletes are admitted to the competition.

This was stated by the Minister of Sports and Tourism of Poland, Kamil Bortnychuk, BBC reports. 

He announced the possibility of creating a coalition of 40 countries that would support the boycott of the Olympics.

The USA, Great Britain and Canada can join it.

Such a union will be enough to make the competition pointless, he stressed. 

It will be recalled that on January 26, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced its readiness to consider the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions.

But only in neutral status: without national flags and anthems. 

After that, the Minister of Youth and Sports, President of the NOC of Ukraine Vadym Gutzait said that the national team 

can boycott the 2024 Olympic Games

.

In addition, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky 

criticized the head of the IOC

 for his statement regarding the return of athletes from the Russian Federation and Belarus to the international arena.

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