Olympics-Latvia vows to boycott Olympics if Russia included


FILE PHOTO Tokyo 2020 Olympics - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony - Olympic Stadium Tokyo Japan - August 8 2021. A screen showing quotParis 2024quot is seen during the closing ceremony. REUTERSFabrizio Bensch

FILE PHOTO: Tokyo 2020 Olympics - The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Closing Ceremony - Olympic Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - August 8, 2021. A screen showing "Paris 2024" is seen during the closing ceremony. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Latvia joined Kyiv on Wednesday in threatening to boycott the 2024 Olympics and qualifiers if Russian and Belarusian athletes are included while the war continues in Ukraine.

Athletes from Russia and Belarus, which aided President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine a year ago, have been largely banned from international competitions since.

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