Uphucwe ibhande elimnyama lomkhalambazo uPutin

Dylan Bettencourt

UMengameli wase-Russia uVladimir Putin uphucwe ibhande lakhe elimnyama i-World Taekwondo kulandela ukuhlasela kwakhe e-Ukraine.

“I-World Taekwondo igxeka kakhulu ukuhlaselwa ngesihluku kwezimpilo zabantu abangenacala e-Ukraine, okuphambene nombono we-Taekwondo  othi ‘Ukuthula kuyigugu ngaphezu kokunqoba kanye nokunye kwe-World Taekwondo njengenhlonipho nokubekezelelana,” ngokusho kwe-governing body kwisitatimende.

UPutin waklonyeliswa ngebhande elimnyama futhi wenziwa umpetha we-Taekwondo ngesikhathi evakashele eNingizimu ne-Korea ngoLwezi ngonyaka ka-2013.

I-governing body ebusayo yazihlanganisa nesinqumo sekomidi yamazwe ngamazwe yama-olimpiki (IOC) sokuvimba wonke amafulegi namaculo ase-Russia nase-Belarusian ngenxa yezenzo zabo.

Bangeze ngokuthi ngeke kube nemicimbi e-Russia noma e-Belarus.

“I-World Taekwondo izwelana nabantu base-Ukraine, futhi sithemba ukuthi le mpi izophela ngokuthula futhi ngokushesha,”.

Abanye abaholi abake banikezwa amabhande amnyama okuhlonishwa phambilini kuhlanganisa abake baba oMengameli baseMelika uMnu uBarack Obama noDonald Trump. Abaholi base-South Korea, i-Spain, i-Croatia, i-Pakistan, i-Indonesia nase-Honduras nabo bayithola indondo.

I-Russia ibhekene nengwadla yemidlalo yomhlaba njengoba i-Fifa ne-Uefa ngoMsombuluko ebusuku bemise wonke amaqembu akulesi sifunda ukuthi angenele imiqhudelwano yayo.

I-IOC iphakamise ukuthi bonke abasubathi abavela e-Russia nase-Belarus bavinjelwe ukungenela imiqhudelwano.

I-World Rugby imise wonke amaqembu ebhola lombhoxo kulezi zifunda ezimbili njengengxenye yesinqumo esikhulayo sokungayifaki i-Russia kwezemidlalo emhlabeni.

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