{"id":2028967,"date":"2023-09-12T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-ioc-is-distorting-olympic-ideal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T08:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:50:38","slug":"putin-says-ioc-is-distorting-olympic-ideal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-ioc-is-distorting-olympic-ideal\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin accuses IOC of distorting Olympic ideal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputin-says-ioc-is-distorting-olympic-ideal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2028967&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin accuses International Olympic Committee \u200bof politicizing sport<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russians are facing the \u200dlikelihood of competing under a neutral flag in the upcoming Games in\u2064 Paris due to Putin&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine. The IOC\u200d has yet to make a final decision but emphasizes \u2062that athletes should not be punished for their governments&#8217; actions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron firmly states that \u200bno Russian\u2064 flag should fly at the Games.<\/p>\n<p>During a forum in Russia&#8217;s\u2063 far east, Putin was asked\u200d about the issue and responded by\u200b referencing the ideals of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern \u2063Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As for the \u200bOlympic movement\u200c itself, \u2062I\u200c would say this. I think that today&#8217;s leadership of international federations, the International Olympic Committee itself, they distort the original \u200bidea of Pierre de Coubertin &#8211; sport \u2063should be \u200boutside of politics,&#8221; he\u200c said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It \u2062should not divide, but \u2063unite \u2063people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Putin criticizes the commercialization \u200cof sport in the past \u200ddecades, claiming that the Olympics have fallen\u2063 into the trap of financial interests.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that the Olympic movement is &#8220;degrading&#8221; and\u2064 failing to fulfill its key functions. According to Putin, the\u200c Olympics \u2062should not only\u2062 be about setting records\u200d but also about uniting people.<\/p>\n<p>IOC President Thomas Bach has explicitly stated\u200b that the Olympics should stay \u2064out of politics to maintain \u2063its ability to bring people together.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, like the Soviet\u200d Union before it, has always viewed the Olympics as an \u2062opportunity to showcase its global leadership. However, in recent years, Russian athletes have been \u200cforced to participate \u2062without their national flag and \u200banthem\u2063 due to doping\u200c scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has threatened to boycott the \u2063Paris\u200b Games\u200c if Russia\u200d and Belarus take part. However, its sports minister indicated in a July interview with \u2062Reuters that \u200cthe threat could be dropped if athletes from those countries compete as neutrals.<\/p>\n<p>(Writing by Mark TrevelyanEditing by Christian Radnedge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/putin-says-ioc-is\/attachment\/russian-president-putin-attends-eastern-economic-forum-in-vladivostok\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Biden Admin approves $6 billion to \u200cIran on 9\/11, FDA approves new boosters, and Trump \u2064attempts to remove Judge Chutkan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-ioc-is-distorting-olympic-ideal\/\" title=\"Putin accuses IOC of distorting Olympic ideal.\">actors issue public apology<\/a> for supporting convicted rapist Danny Masterson<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>United States pledges more munitions\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-strikes-back-at-syria-after-missile-defense-shield-fails\/\" title=\"Israel Strikes Back At Syria After Missile Defense Shield Fails\">air defense systems<\/a>\u200b to Ukraine despite Russia and North Korea planning an\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-russia-meeting-a-real-concern-for-u-s\/\" title=\"US concerned about North Korea-Russia meeting.\">arms deal meeting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Orange Unified School District holds\u2063 vote on parental notification rule for new gender \u200bidentities<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>TikTok\u200b officially launches e-commerce\u200d business\u2063 in the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;National conversation&#8221;\u200b needed \u2064on\u200c digital version of the \u2064pound,\u2063 says London<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Incoming Bank of England deputy governor \u200bsupports regulation of digital\u2062 currencies<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Apple expected to\u2063 unveil\u2062 new \u200ciPhone 15 lineup<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized the International Olympic Committee for politicizing sports. The committee is currently deciding whether Russian athletes can participate in the upcoming Games in Paris. Due to Putin&#8217;s actions in Ukraine, it is probable that Russians will have to compete under a neutral flag. The IOC&#8217;s stance has been firm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2028968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2028967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2028967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2028968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2028967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}