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IBF had little choice but to ban Russians, Belarusians — but shouldn’t sports let those who oppose Putin compete?

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: 3/5/2022, 1:00 PM
IBF had little choice but to ban Russians, Belarusians — but shouldn’t sports let those who oppose Putin compete?
There is a giant logical disconnect in the International Olympic Committee, which just held the Winter Olympics in a country run by a genocidal dictatorship, acting with unequivocal harshness against Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials. I guess attacking another country changes everything. The IOC has been slow to crack down on Russia, allowing its athletes to compete in the last four Olympics following a state-sponsored doping scandal and coverup at the 2014 Sochi Games. The IOC als...

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