What effect will the war in Ukraine have on the Olympics?

Australian kayaker Jess Fox

Australian kayaker Jess Fox Source: AAP / MARK EVANS

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Some of Australia's leading Olympic and Paralympic athletes say they are hoping for peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine before next year's Olympics in Paris. Some are calling for athletes from Russia, and its ally Belarus, to be banned from those Olympics.

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