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Right?  Just put on our own games concurrently.  Democratic, non imperial countries only.  The real Olympics for civilized people.
I was kind of surprised to hear the IOC was even considering letting their athletes attend under the Russian flag. >

The IOC works by bribe these days. Every time they allow Russians to compete the Olympics lose more legitimacy. >

I wish I was able to boycott this, but I've already been boycotting the Olympics since it became clear Russia would never face real consequences for systemic doping. >

What's even the point of letting them compete anyway? Every time they show up, they just cheat. They should have been banned for all the doping bullshit alone. >

Not defending Russia but Norway has a lot of doping scandals aswell, which is sad because i thought our brothers and sisters in the west were better than that. Anyone doping should be banned >

Using the wrong cream for sunburn which was a team doctors mistake and using the wrong type of inhaler(not the medicine, inhaler) without applying for approval. So many shameful and monstrous actions. >

Don’t worry, the IOC like FIFA, is built on a solid foundation of integrity and honesty. 
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I was just thinking this. It’s become common knowledge though so hopefully that means there’s chance in the future. >

I don’t know how this works but if the committee is refusing to exclude Russia then can’t France just decide not to host and why don’t other countries just pull out of competing if the higher ups ain’t listening?? >

France doesn’t need to decide not to host. They can crank up sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine by refusing to issue certain classes of visa (including the class used for Olympic athletes) and cancelling existing visas in those classes. If they’re not allowed into the country, they can’t compete. >

They don't even need to cancel a whole class of visas, just deny the visas for specific Russian and Belarusian athletes. >

Boycott was used by individual nations in the past but for upcoming 2024 Paris Olympic, many nations are considering and some have publicly stated they will not participate if Russia and Belarusian athletes are allowed.
In the past IOC could shrug such protest but this time it will be different. >

Can't you guys leave belarusians alone though? They don't have to pay for our shit. >

Nope. They can kick the Russians back to their own country and then we can talk. >

All the countries opposed to letting athletes compete (or cheat) for the glory of fascism, should get together to create an alternative to the IOC, and just tell the IOC to behave or it's the IOC that gets removed from future games.