{"id":109331,"date":"2024-10-14T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T15:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109331\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ukrainian-federation-chief-slams-ioc-president-for-meeting-belarusian-sports-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/109331\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian federation chief slams IOC president for meeting Belarusian sports official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua.jpeg 1050w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/saladukha_ukraine_comments_ua-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(comments.ua)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Ukrainian Athletic Federation President Olha Saladukha has taken to Facebook to criticize International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach for meeting with Belarusian National Olympic Committee Secretary General Ksienija Sankovi\u010d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By embracing Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s &#8220;sports propagandists,&#8221; Bach has sided with the aggressor and wants its complete rehabilitation in the world of sports, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur athletes die almost daily,\u201d she noted. \u201cRussia with destroys our stadiums, sports complexes and sports schools and kills our children with \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s support. Meanwhile, the IOC head has no time for solidarity with Ukraine but for some reason he is always ready to embrace our enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed hope that that the next IOC president will defend &#8220;real Olympic principles.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IOC members will elect a new president in March 2025. Earlier, 70-year-old Bach said he was not going to run for re-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mat_rebenok_diana_polekhina_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mat_rebenok_diana_polekhina_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mat_rebenok_diana_polekhina_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mat_rebenok_diana_polekhina_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mat_rebenok_diana_polekhina_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/mat_rebenok_diana_polekhina_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition leader expresses solidarity with jailed mothers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 14, Pozirk. May &quot;all the families broken by the regime&#039;s cruelty\u201d be reunited soon, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said on Mother\u2019s Day, celebrated on October 14 in Belarus. The politician expressed support to jailed regime critic Palina &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/109272\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 14, Pozirk. Ukrainian Athletic Federation President Olha Saladukha has taken to Facebook to criticize International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach for meeting with Belarusian National Olympic Committee Secretary General Ksienija Sankovi\u010d. By embracing Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s &#8220;sports propagandists,&#8221; Bach has sided with the aggressor and wants its complete rehabilitation in the world of sports, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":109284,"template":"","rubric":[13,32],"class_list":["post-109331","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukrainian federation chief slams IOC president for meeting Belarusian sports official | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 14, Pozirk. 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