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Poland expects global push against Russian, Belarusian athletes

Olympic rings to celebrate the official IOC announcement that Paris won the 2024 Olympic bid in Paris, France, on September 16, 2017 [File: Benoit Tessier/Reuters]

Poland believes it could be possible to build a coalition of some 40 countries to support a call to block Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Olympics.

The Baltic nations and Poland, which are strong supporters of Ukraine, have already urged international sports bodies to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in the Olympics and other events while the war continues.

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