{"id":323427,"date":"2023-04-03T05:27:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=323427"},"modified":"2023-04-03T05:27:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T00:27:12","slug":"war-has-killed-262-ukrainian-athletes-sports-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/war-has-killed-262-ukrainian-athletes-sports-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"War has killed 262 Ukrainian athletes, sports minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Kyiv<br \/>\nRussia\u2019s war against Ukraine has claimed the lives of 262 Ukrainian athletes and destroyed 363 sports facilities, the country\u2019s sports minister, Vadym Guttsait, said on Saturday.<br \/>\nMeeting the visiting president of the International Federation of Gymnastics, Morinari Watanabe, Guttsait said no athletes from Russia should be allowed at the Olympics or other sports competitions.<br \/>\n\u201cThey all support this war and attend events held in support of this war,\u201d Huttsait said, according to a transcript on President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s website.<br \/>\nThe International Olympic Committee has recommended the gradual return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competition as neutrals. It has not decided on their participation in the 2024 Paris Olympics.<br \/>\nUkraine said on Friday its athletes will not be allowed to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Games if they have to compete against Russians, a decision the IOC has criticized.<br \/>\nReuters could not independently verify the number of Ukrainian athletes killed or how many facilities have been destroyed.<br \/>\nIn the wake of Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022, a number of Ukrainian national-level athletes have taken up arms voluntarily to defend their country.<br \/>\nAmong those killed this year alone have been figure skater Dmytro Sharpar, who died in combat near Bakhmut, and Volodymyr Androshchuk, a 22-year-old decathlon champion and future Olympic hopeful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kyiv Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine has claimed the lives of 262 Ukrainian athletes and destroyed 363 sports facilities, the country\u2019s sports minister, Vadym Guttsait, said on Saturday. Meeting the visiting president of the International Federation of Gymnastics, Morinari Watanabe, Guttsait said no athletes from Russia should be allowed at the Olympics or other sports competitions. 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