A touching tribute 👏

[eugenemcparland@mastodon.ie]

A touching tribute

Victory and justice for #Ukraine

[rexi@mastodon.social]

@EugeneMcParland

sadly could have included Russian athletes as well, one presumes.

[faket@veganism.social]

@EugeneMcParland But "Toussaint Louverture" is too political… If we needed one more example of racism and colonialism…

[xgebi@hachyderm.io]

@EugeneMcParland considering that a German speed skater wasn’t allowed to have statements against political discrimination on their blades, I’m more surprised this was allowed

Olympic Committee Bans German Athlete’s Political Statement on Skating

A recent decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sparked controversy regarding political statements in sports. The IOC has banned German speed skater Josephine Schlörb from wearing her custom skates, which featured the inscription “Hatred is not an opinion,” during the upcoming Winter Olympics in Milan. Background on the Controversy Josephine Schlörb, a 22-year-old …

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[xgebi@hachyderm.io]

@rexi @EugeneMcParland can you explain why?

To my understanding a lot of Russian athletes are members of Russian army. Not to mention, they can be used better as propaganda tools than as cannon fodder.

[rexi@mastodon.social]

@xgebi @EugeneMcParland

I was avoiding the assumption that sports and military types often go in a sort of lock-step of competitive nature character - and have a deep overlap socially.

true, that your understanding may be accurate, notwithstanding where trust in their own military may have eroded with the war in year 4.

[robo105@mastodon.social]

@EugeneMcParland Slava Ukraine as they defend our eastern flank