How Ukraine’s athletes in Sochi are protesting against Russia’s actions
Ahead of the vote in Crimea Sunday on joining Russia, Ukrainian athletes at the Paralympics in Sochi have been silently protesting.
The International Paralympic Committeelike the International Olympic Committeehas forbidden political demonstrations on the medal stands or elsewhere during the events. But the Ukrainian Paralympic athletesparticipating in events hosted by Russian president Vladimir Putinhave been covering medals theyre awarded with their hands in quiet protest against the deployment of Russian forces in Ukraines strategic Crimean Peninsula.
For the Ukrainian athlete, unfortunately the medal was produced by and is being awarded by the host country who acted as an aggressor toward his country, Ukraine Paralympic Committee head Valery Sushkevich told Agence France Presse. Its a demonstration that aggression and the high ideals of paralympic sports are incompatible.
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