{"id":138582,"date":"2025-05-17T19:11:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T16:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138582\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"ukraine-protests-national-flag-clearance-for-belarusian-judokas","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138582\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine protests national flag clearance for Belarusian judokas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>May 17, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Ukrainian Judo Federation (UJF) has strongly protested against the International Judo Federation&#8217;s recent decision allowing Belarusian judokas to compete under their national flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ukrainian federation called the decision a gross violation of the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s recommendations and a serious blow to the principles of fair play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus, which has facilitated and supports Russia&#8217;s unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine, cannot be represented on the international sports scene under its official symbols as long as the war continues, the UJF said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This legitimization of the aggressor undermines trust in sports institutes and sets a dangerous precedent of double standards in world sport,&#8221; it stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is &#8220;deeply disappointed and outraged by this unfounded decision&#8221; and plans to appeal it together with the national sports ministry and Olympic committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ukrainian judo stands for honest and fair sport and will never agree to countries that have contributed to aggression against Ukraine entering the international sports arena as long as their actions remain a threat to our state and our citizens,&#8221; the statement reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n                                <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukrainian team pulls out of judo worlds over acceptance of Belarusians and Russians<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 2, BPN. The Ukrainian Judo Federation withdrew the national team\u2019s application for competing in the world judo championships next week. \u201cThis is because on Friday, April 28, the International Judo Federation (IJF) allowed the teams of Russia and Belarus &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/46695\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 17, Pozirk. The Ukrainian Judo Federation (UJF) has strongly protested against the International Judo Federation&#8217;s recent decision allowing Belarusian judokas to compete under their national flag. The Ukrainian federation called the decision a gross violation of the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s recommendations and a serious blow to the principles of fair play. Belarus, which has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":138579,"template":"","rubric":[16,32],"class_list":["post-138582","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine protests national flag clearance for Belarusian judokas | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 17, Pozirk. 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