Berlin (AP) – DOSB boss Thomas Weikert has called for an uncompromising reaction from the entire sport to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“Russia has blatantly broken international law. That is why sanctions are necessary in all areas of society – and sport cannot be exempt from this,” said the President of the German Olympic Sports Confederation of the “Sportschau”.
Weikert reiterated a demand by the umbrella organization to suspend Russia and Belarus from international sport. “The IOC and the rules prescribe fairness and fair play, and that’s why it’s not possible for Russia to stay at the moment,” emphasized the DOSB President. “I assume that the vast majority of all sports federations exclude Russia,” Weikert said in the video. After the current events, sport “must question itself at the latest now how it deals with rulers of autocracies”.
