The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, speaking at the Kyiv City Council, said that she was against the admission of Russians to the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Ann Hidalgo“In a year, we will host the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris. You rightly wondered about the permission that a host city could grant to athletes who are citizens of a country that commits the worst war crimes against your population. We understand you.
That is why I want to express my conviction and my will to you: as long as Russian troops continue to bomb you, target your civilian population and your infrastructure, while Russian soldiers occupy your territory, I do not want Russian athletes to participate in sports competitions.
This is my conviction as a mayor, as a political leader, as a convinced European. I have no doubt that the International Olympic Committee will be able to support this position,” Hidalgo was quoted as saying by the official telegram channel of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
