The Ukrainian Olympic team has followed the lead of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych in calling for peace. Heraskevych held up a sign with a Ukrainian flag and the message 바카라No War in Ukraine바카라 after completing a run in the skeleton competition on Friday at the Beijing Games. (More Sports News)
The message came against the backdrop of a Russian military build-up near the country's border with Ukraine. 바카라The Olympic Team of Ukraine ... expresses a unanimous call for peace together with (our) native country,바카라 the Ukrainian Olympic Committee wrote on social media.
바카라Being thousands of kilometers away from the Motherland, mentally we are with our families and friends.바카라 The statement doesn't mention Russia or the military situation.
The International Olympic Committee bans most protest gestures at the Games. But the Olympic body isn't taking action against Heraskevych because 바카라No war' is a message we can all relate to,바카라 said Christophe Dubi, the executive director of the Olympic Games.
That doesn't mean the IOC wants other athletes to join in, however. 바카라We all want peace, clearly,바카라 IOC spokesman Mark Adams said Sunday.
바카라Athletes themselves have agreed that the field of play and the podium is not the place for any kind of statement because we need to remain politically neutral ... The message was understood. It (the sign) wasn't repeated and I think we can move on.바카라
No Ukrainian athletes have so far followed Heraskevych's lead by protesting in competition.
