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London hopes that pressure from sponsors will sway the International Olympic Committee (IOC), with a year and a half to go until the Paris 2024 games.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know sport and politics in Russia and Belarus are heavily intertwined, and we are determined that the regimes in Russia and Belarus must not be allowed to use sport for their propaganda purposes,\u201d the government said in a letter Friday to the heads of the IOC\u2019s 13 official global partners, including Coca-Cola, Airbnb, Samsung and Deloitte. \u201cAs an Olympic Partner, I would welcome your views on this matter and ask you to join us in pressing the IOC to address the concerns raised in our statement,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON Britain has called on Olympic sponsors including Coca-Cola and Samsung to support a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing at next year\u2019s summer games in Paris. 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