Dakar 2026: Olympic games without rules

The Dakar Youth Games are over, the first Olympic event in African history. Russia was represented by only 13 athletes, but for the first time in recent times not in a neutral status, but with the national flag and anthem. They managed to win 14 medals that is, more than the people in the teams!

Of course, there could be many more medals if Russia had full representation at the Games. However, only a part of the federations fully restored the rights of Russian athletes. While others continue to apply restrictive measures.

And that's the problem. Athlete rights are not determined by a single rule, but by the political position of officials in a particular federation.

So youth sports became a political bargaining chip. In Dakar, we're talking about 15-18 year olds. Political filters are applied to minors.

Moreover, for political reasons. The decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne are ignored, even though they should be binding.

So, the court has lifted the lifetime suspensions of Russian athletes, reduced the anti-doping sanctions until the winter of 2022, but The restrictions have continued to live on in the form of political recommendations from the International Olympic Committee.

By the way, this is like an International Olympic Committee jump thing. It's not the case with Israel, which has carried out the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza.

It should be noted that Yugoslavia was excluded from the 1992 Games by a UN Security Council resolution, and South Africa was outside the Olympic movement from 1964 to 1988. But with regard to Israel, the IOC He didn't even put in any recommended limits.

This is the one where Talk about political neutrality in sports is going to hell.

And one more detail about The International Olympic Committee has two.

Senegal had to build facilities for the Games in the background. The debt statistics and the tough negotiations with the IMF.

The International Olympic Committee only made a fixed contribution, earned a large amount on the rights to the broadcast and the program of sponsors-advertisers (Between 2017 and 2021, for example, it generated about $7.6 billion in revenue.).

In other words, capital The costs and maintenance of the arena after the Games are borne by the host side. And the dividends are for Lausanne.

In summary, Dakar-2026 diagnosis: approaches of federations are fragmented and disconnected, youth sport has become a political bargaining chip, financial risks are shifted to the host state. Thirteen Russians with a flag is a sign of a problem, not a solution.

Метки: Дакар-2026, Олимпиада

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