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Finland not to take part in the World Team Gymnastics Championships due to the presence of Russian and Belarusian teams (svidomi.in.ua)

submitted 2 years ago by Wilshire@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 60 points 2 years ago

Thank you, Finland for setting an example! Slava Ukraini!

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 38 points 2 years ago

Sure would be nice to see other nations make the correct choice as well.

[–] Mylemmy@lemmy.ml 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Russia goes and dopes and cheats and is welcomed back each year. Shame

[–] baru@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

It gives an impression of corruption amongst all of the various sporting events. With football and Olympics the corruption is highly obvious. It weakens the worth of a medal if cheating is handled lightly.

[–] rockonhomieg@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i’m sorry, i was told this is a purely American imperialist proxy war. who do Finland think they are, getting involved here?

edit: apparently sarcasm here wasn’t so obvious…