Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday that she is against Russian athletes participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and attending the Opening Ceremony scheduled for July 26.
“I would prefer them not to come,” Hidalgo told Reuters on Wednesday. “I think Putin is a dictator who threatens Europe as a whole and is waging war against Ukraine, denying them their right to exist as people and as a nation. “It will be very, very difficult to see, even under the neutral flag – because we know how much emphasis Putin puts on Russians – these athletes.
“The decision of the Paralympic movement seemed to me to be a very just decision, now it’s up to the International Olympic Committee to make their decision,” Hidalgo told Reuters, adding that she was not going to “put pressure on anyone.” “I am expressing my opinion as Mayor of Paris,” she said.
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