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2024 Paris Olympics: Zelensky presses Macron to ban Russia from games

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that allowing Russia to compete at the 2024 Paris Games was tantamount to showing that "terror is somehow acceptable". Ukraine says its athletes may boycott the Paris Olympics next year if Russia and Belarus are allowed to take part. FRANCE 24's Julien Chehida and Carolyn Lamboley tell us more.

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