Tag: Jean-Claude Killy
Opinion: Fair Play
Speaking last week during a press conference in Sochi, Jean Claude-Killy; Coordination Commission Chairman of the IOC, said that he was “fully satisfied” that recent controversial Russian laws banning homosexual propaganda, does not violate the anti-discrimination ruling of the Olympic Charter.
Opinion : Olympic Shame
So the IOC is “fully satisfied” that Russia’s anti-gay law doesn’t violate the Olympic Charter. Principle 6 of the Charter says: “Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.”
IOC Abandons LGBT Russians, Olympic Athletes Ahead of Sochi Games
Today the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the Olympic Games, announced it was “fully satisfied” that Russia’s heinous anti-gay propaganda law does not violate the anti-discrimination guarantees of the Olympic charter.