OLYMPIC chief Thomas Bach said today that he shared the “grief and human suffering” of Ukrainian athletes, stressing that if it was not up to individual governments to decide who takes part in international sporting competitions.
Ukrainian athletes, Bach said on the sidelines of the World Ski Championships, “know how much we share their grief, their human suffering and all the effort we’re taking to help them” in the wake of Russia’s invasion of their country almost 12 months ago.