Dänemark und Lettland protestieren offiziell gegen die Disqualifikation eines ukrainischen Athleten [Article in danish]

Every country should follow submitting a formal protest.

Quote from Danish olympic skeleton athlete Rasmus Vestergård Johansen:

It’s something that touches me a lot. „Vlad“ is a good friend. He’s one of the people I talk to the most in the field. In a time when as a young person you can sometimes feel that the world is a little on fire, it’s perhaps peanuts compared to the situation „Vlad“ is in. He represents a country that is at war, and a lot of people who didn’t ask for this situation themselves” toTV 2 Sport

All other athletes stood by and looked away. No one said a word about this. If everyone or even a large enough minority took a stand the situation would be different. Just like in Ukraine.

Strongly worded statement post event is exactly the strong response. /s

Still the message is trending globally now so there is a positive effect of this