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Reuters
Reuters
Sport
By Andrius Sytas and Marek Strzelecki

Poland expects broad coalition to call for Olympics ban on Russian, Belarusian athletes

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 8, 2021. General view of a big screen displaying the Paris 2024 Olympic logo during the closing ceremony REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Poland believes it will be possible to build a coalition of some 40 countries, including the U.S., Britain and Canada, by Feb. 10 supporting the call to block Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics, a Polish minister said on Thursday.

The Baltic nations and Poland earlier Thursday called on international sports bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in the Olympics and other events while the war in Ukraine continues.

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