{"id":498443,"date":"2022-02-28T06:50:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T13:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=498443"},"modified":"2022-03-01T06:54:27","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:54:27","slug":"mykhailo-romanchuk-posts-call-for-russia-to-be-suspended-from-international-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mykhailo-romanchuk-posts-call-for-russia-to-be-suspended-from-international-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mykhailo Romanchuk & Andriy Govorov In Call For Russia To Be Suspended From International Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Double Olympic medallist Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> has posted a call by several Ukrainian athletes including 50m butterfly<\/strong> world record-holder Andriy Gorovov<\/strong> for Russia<\/strong> and Belarus<\/strong> to be suspended from international competition.<\/p>\n

Romanchuk is not among the athletes who filmed themselves addressing IOC president Thomas Bach<\/strong> and Andrew Parsons<\/strong>, his equivalent at the International Paralympic Committee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

However, the fact the 25-year-old has posted the film to social media is evidence he backs the call to throw Russia out of competition following the invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The Paralympics<\/strong> run from 4-13 March with the IPC set to discuss Russia’s involvement in the competition in Beijing.<\/p>\n

During the film, athletes said:<\/p>\n

“WE UKRAINIAN ATHLETES ASK to suspend immediately the Russian and Belarusian National Olympic Committees and Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from the participation in the XIII Paralympic Winter Games Beijing-2022.
\n“WE ARE STANDING FOR RESPECT OF THE TRUE OLYMPIC VALUES!
\n“WE ARE STANDING FOR A GOODWILL!
\n“WE ARE STANDING FOR PEACE!!!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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A post shared by Mykhailo Romanchuk (@misha_romanchuk)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n