The sports world continues to react to the conflict in Ukraine
Feb 27, 2022
Russia president Vladimir Putin has temporarily been suspended as the International Judo Federation’s honorary president on Sunday. The federation sited “the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine” as the reason for the suspension, per theSunday marks the fourth day since Russia has invaded Ukraine. Putin has a keen judoka and attended a competition at the 2012 London Olympics.
Russia’s Sergey Soloveychik, the president of the European Judo Union, also resigned from his position on Sunday, according to. Soloveychik referenced the “heartache that we see the people in brotherly countries die” but still supported his country after resigning. “No one doubts that my heart belongs to judo,” he said, per ESPN. “But it is equally true that it belongs to my homeland, Russia. We, judoka, must always be loyal to our principles.”
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