It's noble cause to prevent Russia from events like World Athletics Championships, but it's also a slippery slope
“I like watching Maria Lasitskene,” she replied., who at the time had won back-to-back outdoor world championships and was in the midst of a 45-meet win streak. She’s since added another world title and an Olympic gold medal, and she’s one of nine women in history to clear 6-foot-9 — or jumping over LeBron James.
Do you ban Saudi Arabian athletes because their government is fighting a proxy war in Yemen, bombing innocent citizens, killing thousands? What about Syria? Or Myanmar? Or the Tigray War in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan?Or what about human rights? Seventeen of the 20 countries ranking at the bottom of the Human Freedom Index are in Eugene this week. On Monday night, Yulimar Rojas won the women’s triple jump for Venezuela, which is ahead of only Syria on the 165-nation list.
“It just pains me that we have to put our athletes through this dichotomy. There are something like 37 wars going on in the world right now. I looked it up, because I was like, ‘What are we doing?’ But we choose the ones that, I guess, mean the most.”
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