Zelenskyy to address summit on Russia's attendance at 2024 Olympics

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address a summit organised by the International Olympic Committee to decide on how to deal with the prospect of Russian and Belarusian competitors at the Paris Olympics. The UK will chair a summit of 30 nations to co-ordinate an international response on Friday. Britain's new Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer, has warned “we cannot allow Russian athletes to line up alongside Team GB and everyone else on the world stage". This week the Olympic committees of Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark backed calls for the ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes to be upheld for the Paris 2024 Games. Mr Bach said the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes had "not even been discussed in concrete terms yet".
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