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Feb 7 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
From Paris with love

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo changed her position on Tuesday, stating that she no longer wants Russian athletes to participate in the 2024 Olympics. This stance has sparked a heated debate.
Hidalgo stated that she "was not in favor" of allowing Russian athletes to compete as neutrals or under the Olympic Games banner, which is a shift from her previous position last month.
She had previously argued that athletes should not be banned from participating in the competition based on their country of origin.
Hidalgo said, "While bombs are raining on Ukraine, it is not possible to have a delegation arriving in Paris, pretending as if nothing was happening, with the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine."
#BoycottOlympics #France #Paris #RussiaIsATerroristState #Olympics
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