I hope the rest of the civilised countries boycott it. Well done, Poland!
Statement from EWF page. https://ewf.sport/2025/12/31/ewf-executive-board-cancels-2026-european-junior-u23-championships-and-confirms-new-youth-calendar/
They added it 31st December 2025.
International sport has totally sold out to dictators. Putins Russia is allowed to compete and push their propaganda. The world cup 26 in the USA will be a shit show and Trump propaganda. The Tour de France is dominated by team “UAE”, the country literally sponsoring a genocide in Sudan. PSG is financed by Qatar. It’s not fun anymore.
Things will not change as long as people keep watching this stuff.
Unfortunately gentlemen we are obviously in a spin off multiverse that implodes.
We chose the wrong decisions at some point to end up in this timeline.
Just grab some popcorn, it will all be over soon.
I kinda wanna bookmark this post and link it every time Trump does something horrible and Lemmy suddenly rediscovers the nuanced difference between the people and their government.
Good guy Poland. All my homies love Poland
ensure that weightlifting continues to be a platform of inclusion, respect and solidarity
I’m sorry, but there should be no respect or solidarity for someone that kills other people. And don’t sell me the bullshit that a citizen is not the same thing as their government. That’s irresponsible. When we Italians got fed up of Mussolini we revolted, fought and killed him. If your government goes too far it’s your responsibility as a citizen to stop it (via democracy or via rebellion if there is no other way)
TBF, the Italians only killed Mussolini after his regime had been militarily defeated. Twice.
It’s more complex than that. Chronologically it’s true that he died after having already military lost most of Africa and Italy itself, but the part of the military had already rebelled in 1943 and Italians faithful to the king started organizing. The fact that he had lost part of the military could have surely influenced the subsequent losses. Anyway the citizens started working to undermine his power and position since early 1943.
Including Russia is exactly the opposite of “inclusion, respect and solidarity”.
Everyone should remove themselves from this championships they dont even follow those rules themselves, faq this corrupt championship, no honor in winning it
Poland did the right thing.
Good to see Poland has a moral compass
Poland has balls
The EWF said that it believes “sport must remain above politics” and that it “does not accept discrimination based on political or geopolitical circumstances, especially at a time when such tensions are on the rise across the world”.
It’s not simple geopolitics anymore when a country is invading another country. Especially with Russia’s significant state involvement with sport and weightlifting in particular.
I think Israel should probably be in the list too but let’s not get into whataboutism and respect the stand they took as it is. Poland does have enough problems with antisemitism as it is, no need to give the international community fuel.
Let’s do get in “whataboutism” aka consistency aka non hypocrisy. What about the USA now with Venezuela or if they invade Greenland? During their decade long occupation of Iraq?
What is your excuse for that? The US is also the next biggest offender in Olympics doping after Russia.
The USA isn’t part of the EWF. The E stands for European
Is invading a country only an issue at European competitions? Not the Olympics?
Did you read the article?
The issue is that Poland said they were not going to grant visas for Russian athletes to the competition.
Just checked, and the Olympics are not being held in Poland, so Poland can’t deny a visa for American athletes attending the olympics. That would be Italy.
I am amused by you playing dumb to avoid answering the question. It’s not about a specific event.
Do you think Italy (hosts) or IOC (organizers) should deny participation to US athletes due to USA’s invasion of Venezuela? Do you think China back in 2008 (or again the IOC) should have refused USA’s athletes due to the USA’s occupation of Iraq?
If not why not?
“They’re slaughtering women and children.” “Don’t bring politics into this.”
Based Poland
Respect!
Hell yeah and fck EWF
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blatant Russophobia
Lol. Lmao, even.
I suspect it’s because they feel one is a threat to their own sovereignty, while the others are only a threat to that other countries.
If that’s the case, it’s not hypocrisy.
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How is a Russian athlete flying a neutral or other countries flag a threat to their sovereignty
Do I really need to clarify that I meant one country, not one athlete, in the context of being a threat to a nation’s existence?
and how does that excuse accepting genocide and imperialist invasion just because you aren’t directly affected by it?
Countries tend to prioritize themselves over other countries. That’s kinda what countries are.
But regardless of whether it excuses it or not, it makes it not hypocritical. You can be selfish, and even immoral, without hypocrisy.
