One Ukrainian journalist’s mission to stop Russian and Belarusian athletes competing at the Paris Olympics | CNN

Journalist Artem Khudolieiev compiled a list of Russian and Belarusian athletes who supported the war in Ukraine .

He collected posts in support of the war, if they were on Instagram .

He also found evidence of support for the war by another Russian Olympic champion Maxim Khramtsovsovtsovt on social media.

Ukrainian Olympic Committee head: "Not a single athlete from Russia or Belarus spoke out against the war".

Khudolieiev saved the videos of the athletes and, in the belief that they showed Khramtsov and Larin ’s support for the war in Ukraine , sent them to World Taekwondo officials.

A few weeks later , it emerged that both athletes had been suspended from the championships.

The journalist said he sent more than 30 emails to officials of the sport's governing body and the IOC.

However, he said he felt his work was having an impact on the decision to suspend the two athletes.

In early July , Ukraine appealed to the IOC with evidence of 13 athletes’ support for the war.

Ukraine expected that a special commission reviewed these materials and the number of neutral athletes would be further reduced.