{"id":46834,"date":"2026-05-12T09:03:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/?p=46834"},"modified":"2026-05-11T12:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:56:49","slug":"why-the-doors-of-world-sports-continue-to-be-closed-for-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/international-threats-en\/europe\/why-the-doors-of-world-sports-continue-to-be-closed-for-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the doors of world sports continue to be closed for belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Athletics has refused to follow the International Olympic Committee\u2019s recommendation to reinstate belarusian athletes in international competitions under their national flag.<\/p>\n<p>The federation stated that any review of the restrictions would only be possible if there is real progress in peace negotiations and an end to russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. The decision comes ahead of the start of qualification for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ab\ufe0f The decision to exclude representatives of belarus from competing under their state flag is a logical consequence of the policies of the alexander lukashenko regime. belarusian territory, infrastructure, and political resources continue to support the russian armed forces in the war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The claim that \u201csport is outside politics\u201d is misleading in the context of global security. Easing restrictions by individual federations is a harmful step, as the lukashenka regime has still not been held properly accountable for its role in the war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Athletics has refused to follow the International Olympic Committee\u2019s recommendation to reinstate belarusian athletes in international competitions under their national flag. The federation stated that any review of the restrictions would only be possible if there is real progress in peace negotiations and an end to russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. The decision comes ahead&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":46835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","wds_primary_category":932,"footnotes":""},"categories":[932],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpd.gov.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}