AnalystOk5065 t1_jeezkbm wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:07 PM

Are the countries even sending athletes in the middle of this chaos?

BIH-Marathoner t1_jef33rv wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:30 PM

In track and field, there are some Ukranian athletes competing. They are all training in different countries away from the war. They are sponsored and need to put food on the table, so they don't have much choice but to keep going.

AnalystOk5065 t1_jef3g0f wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:33 PM

So crazy. I can't imagine the stress level if those two countries faced off in an event.

Ulpian02 t1_jefjwmd wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:19 PM

If I were Ukrainian I’d want to crush the Russian team both figuratively and literally

slater_san t1_jeg5x7d wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:45 PM

If it was something like wrestling/boxing I'd expect them to need to be physically separated before one tried to kill the other. Even if the competition began as professional

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AnalystOk5065 t1_jefn8g7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:41 PM

Agreed.

Alternative_Spite_11 t1_jegbzf3 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:25 PM

Right? I’d relish ever opportunity to defeat a Russian were I a Ukrainian athlete.

vtTownie t1_jeflx59 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:33 PM

In most cases professional athletes are training at training centers across the world rather than their home anyways so I’m not sure it’s that different than it was before the war. Olympic level semi-pro and amateur probably in a different position though