In the freestyle skiing men's aerial skills final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on the evening of February 16, 2022, Ukrainian athlete Abramenko won the silver medal, the Russian Olympic team Ilya Brov won the bronze medal, the two sides high-fived and hugged tightly on the podium and this picture was also included in the closing ceremony feature film "The Power of Faith", and the closing ceremony feature film was finally fixed on the two athletes who embraced passionately, one was Abramenko, an athlete from Ukraine. One is Ilya Brov from the Russian Olympic team.
However, on the 8th day after the passionate embrace of these two athletes from Ukraine and Russia, the beautiful moment of their passionate embrace was replaced by the fire of war, which cannot but be said to be the embarrassment of the Olympic spirit and the sadness of the sports cause! On February 24, Russia sent 150,000 to 200,000 people to attack Ukraine in an all-round way, and on the 25th, it besieged kiev, the capital of Ukraine. In Russia's military campaign against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy could not help but feel bad. Because the goal of this Russian military operation is very clear, one is to disarm Ukraine's military, and the other is to remove the "Nazismization" of Ukraine, that is, to drive Zelensky out of power.
At the same time, the world's sports industry has also been greatly impacted. Many international sports organizations have suspended many sports events in Russia, and many clubs in the world sports world have also "left" relations with Russian sponsors. The Russian-Ukrainian border conflict is affecting world sporting events on a large scale. For example, the Champions League finals have been relocated, and major competitions have been cancelled.
We know that Russia is a big sports country, for example, at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, they won the second place in the gold medal. Russia is also a host of major events, and it will also host major international sporting events such as the 2023 European Super Cup, the 2023 European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships and the European Curling Championships later this year. In addition, Russia has also expressed interest in hosting the 2027 Rugby World Cup and the 2036 Olympics. However, due to Russia's military offensive in Ukraine, some of the upcoming events in Russia will all be in vain.
As far as Russian sports are concerned, due to the impact of doping storms, during the Tokyo Olympic Games and the Beijing Winter Olympics, Russia played in the name of the Russian Olympic team. And the World Athletics Federation has made a decision to ban Russian athletes from participating since 2015.
As a result of Russia's special military operation against Ukraine, countries around the world have proposed to varying degrees all aspects of economic sanctions against Russia, including of course, sports sanctions. If the world sports resistance to Russia deepens, it will be difficult for many Russian sports athletes to participate in world sports events, and the upcoming sports events in Russia and Ukraine will be completely cancelled.
In the current era of economic globalization and sports globalization, the border dispute between Russia and Ukraine is bound to affect the development of sports and the scheduled holding of sports events. At present, a number of events have been suspended or transferred. For example, on February 24, the Ukrainian Premier League took the lead in announcing the suspension of the league.
On the evening of 24 February, UEFA announced that the Champions League final would not be held in St. Petersburg, Russia. According to previous plans, this season's Champions League will be held on 28 May 2022 at st. Petersburg Stadium. In addition, the Polish, Swedish and Czech Football Associations issued a joint statement on the 24th, announcing that they would not go to Participate in The 2022 Qatar World Cup European Qualifiers in Russia in Group B.
On the evening of February 25, UEFA officially announced that the final of this season's Champions League will be changed to the Stade de France in Paris, and the kick-off time of the match will remain unchanged. UEFA also decided to change all European events scheduled for Russia and Ukraine to be held in a neutral position.
On the skiing side, the Snowboard Parallel Giant Slalom World Cup scheduled for Saturday 26, Japan, has been cancelled, and the Freestyle Skiing Snow Skills World Cup in Kuzbas next weekend has also been cancelled; on the tennis event, the ATP Men's Tennis Tour has issued a statement announcing that the ATP Challenger Tour scheduled for next week in Moscow will not be held as scheduled.
In terms of basketball events, barcelona said it would not fly to Russia for two games against Zenit Petersburg and CSKA Moscow in the Euroleague on Friday and Sunday. On February 25, the UEFA Basketball League officially announced that three games involving Russian basketball clubs would be postponed.
These are only one aspect of the impact of sports events, and it is not excluded that the World Sports Organization will impose further sanctions on Russia and Ukraine. Not only will all competitions in these two countries be cancelled, but their athletes will be restricted from participating in international competitions.
Embarrassingly, at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the moving picture we saw in the short film "The Power of Faith" is also the picture of the two athletes who were passionately embraced at the end of the feature film. The two enthusiastically embraced athletes were Ukrainian athlete Abramenko and Russian Olympic team Ilya Brov.
It was the night of February 16 in the freestyle ski men's aerial skills final, where Ukrainian athlete Abramenko won the silver medal and Russian Olympic team Ilya Brov won the bronze medal, and the two sides high-fived and hugged tightly on the podium, and the two of them shared the thrill of sports and the moment of joy after winning the medal in a hug manner.
And IOC President Bach also said at the closing ceremony: "Even if your countries are opposed by conflict, you will embrace each other and respect each other." ”。 However, on the fourth day after the conclusion of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the 8th day after the embrace of Ukrainian and Russian athletes, there was a fierce war between Russia and Ukraine, which turned the beauty of Russian athletes and Ukrainian athletes embracing each other into a dispute of war, which can not but be said to be an embarrassment between the warring sides, but also a sadness of the world's sports cause!
We pray that the warring sides will cease fire as soon as possible! We wish the Olympic sportsmanship to become the mainstream of the world! Let the world have more peace and let the world have less strife! Let the Olympic spirit always be sports leading the world to the future together!
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