Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the governing body to ban them from the sporting extravaganza, stating that allowing Russia to compete at the Games was tantamount to showing that “terror is somehow acceptable”.
Three-time Olympic champion and President of the Paris 2024 Organising Committee Estanguet told Reuters that he was “in favour of maintaining this symbol of universality for the Games” when asked about Russian and Belarusian participation.
Yet he said the decision rested with the Games’ governing body.
“It’s not in the charge of Paris 2024 to decide who is allowed to participate, it’s about the IOC, it’s about the IPC (International Paralympic Committee), it’s about the international federations who will decide which delegations will be allowed to participate,” Estanguet said.
When asked about the issue, an official from French President Emmanuel Macron’s office also said it was ultimately…
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