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Politics

Olympics-Australia aligned with other nations on Russia, Belarus athlete ban

FILE PHOTO: Olympic Rings are pictured in front of The Olympic House, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland September 8, 2022.Laurent Gillieron/Pool via REUTERS

The Australian government said on Tuesday it was aligned with 34 other nations on the call for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from its competitions, despite not being marked as a signatory to the statement.

The British government issued the joint statement on Monday on behalf of "more than 30 like-minded nations", which held a summit addressed by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this month.

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