# @thegistca on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CpnUQ1bOLH6 - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/4640396-thegistca-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/31381fa99d.jpg - **Posted:** 2023-03-10T16:00:10.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** The GIST Canada (@thegistca) β€” https://gondola.cc/thegistca ## Caption "We want them to get the message that there is no middle ground here. You're either on one side or the other. And what part of history do you want to be on?" - retired rugby player Jen Kish, one of the Olympians who signed the letter. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦β£ ‒⁣ Some of Canada's top Olympians are publicly demanding that the Canadian Olympic Committee reverse its position and withdraw support of Russian and Belarusian athletes participating at the 2024 Olympic Games. 🚫⁣ ‒⁣ In the letter, the athletes say allowing neutral Russian and Belarusian participation "sends a message that the COC is no longer concerned with Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine."⁣ ‒⁣ In response, the COC says its position hasn't changed β€” athletes from both countries should be banned, while leaving room for a "workable neutrality model." ⁣ ‒⁣ "Is it not absurd that we have an aggressor at the Olympics possibly β€” and the victim at home and giving up their dream? Is that not absurd? Watching the bully win? That to me makes me not even want to watch the Olympics. Because that's not what the Olympics stand for. It's absurd and it's sad," Jen Kish continued in an interview with the CBC. Couldn't have said it better ourselves. ⁣ ‒⁣ For more Paris 2024 news and updates, be sure to subscribe to our 4x-weekly (forever free) sports newsletter at the #linkinbo today! πŸ’Œ #thegist⁣ ‒⁣ (c/o CBC)⁣ ‒⁣ #olympics #womenssports #menssports ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 521 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 7 ## Credits | Name | Username | Profile | Role | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The GIST Canada | @thegistca | https://gondola.cc/thegistca | Sports Media Outlet | ## Tags menssports, womenssports, linkinbo, thegist, olympics --- Copyright (c) Gondola