Wouldn't be the first time the Olympics got politicized to suit the energy of western crackers.

OK, wait a minute. The modern Olympics are a super problematic thing in themselves, but the idealistic naïveté that underpins them has a certain internal logic. And this statement breaks that internal logic. If Russia breaks the Olympic Truce, then sanction them however appropriate (e.g., by excluding them from the next games, like it has been done before), but this kind of pre-emptive exclusion is inconsistent with what the Olympics are about and reeks of hypocrisy and double standards, when it is only directed at Russians and Belarussians and not any of the "what about X" countries that anyone can think of.

That said, fuck the IOC and the corporate monster that the Olympics have become.

Thats why they're banning Israeli athletes too though right?

They're banning Israeli athletes too, right?

Completely missing the point of the Olympics

Are they simply not welcome but will compete anyway or are they banned outright