Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina said on Wednesday she hoped her country would not have to follow through on its threat to boycott the 2024 Olympics over the participation of Russians and Belarusians as neutrals.Russians have competed as neutrals in the past three Olympics as punishment for state-b
Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina said on Wednesday she hoped her country would not have to follow through on its threat to boycott the 2024 Olympics over the participation of Russians and Belarusians as neutrals.
Athletes from Russia and its close ally Belarus compete as individual competitors without any national affiliation on the WTA and ATP tours, although they were barred by Wimbledon. "In tennis there was no action taken. They put them under a neutral flag ... I hope we don't have to make this decision of boycotting the Olympics."
"Our athletes aren't training in good conditions. Almost all sports venues have been destroyed," she said.
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