r/judo • u/Shroft • Jun 02 '25
Judo News Ukraine boycotts Judo World Championships
https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1153645/ukraine-boycotts-judo-world-championship2
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u/Uchimatty Jun 03 '25
Whatever. I support Ukraine in general but their attitude towards sports is the sole thing that’s ever so slightly turned me against them. Russian athletes in combat sports are usually not ethnic Russians and don’t even like the concept of Russia that much, not to mention its expansion plans. Russia derives very little benefit or legitimacy from competing in sports, which it doesn’t already receive as a P5 member of the UN security council. Seems like an insane policy designed to maximize harm for very little benefit.
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u/d_rome Jun 02 '25
I think the mods should preemptively lock these comments, but leave the story for informational purposes.
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u/Dangerous-Sink6574 Jun 02 '25
Why? Allow for freedom of conversation.
Also, fuck Russia and the IJF for still allowing them to compete even after all the state sponsored cheating.
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u/Otautahi Jun 02 '25
It would be fine if it was a discussion amongst people who use this sub. In the past many political topics end up being overrun by accounts/bots with no connection to judo that flood the comments with spam content.
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u/d_rome Jun 02 '25
Why?
The history of this sub shows over and over again that with certain topics the mods end up deleting half the comments and locking the discussion anyways. This is a Judo sub and the discussion on topics like this draws the bots and other angry people who don't want to discuss the Judo related angle of this, just the partisan politics.
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u/PinEducational4494 Jun 02 '25
War of aggression by Goliath vs David = "Partisan politics"?
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u/Dayum_Skippy nikyu Jun 02 '25
Your being downvoted is proof enough of the argument above. It’s a completely legitimate view to take or observation to make but it’s considered controversial in the Westoid redditsphere.
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u/PinEducational4494 Jun 03 '25
controversial in the Westoid redditsphere.
I don't know about the West.
In Europe there is nothing controversial or political about calling it what it is.
Good thing someone has not decided the sky is republican/democrat or half the US would try gun it down while reddit mods would ban the words clouds and rainbows to prevent political discourse.
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u/Strangerbat Jun 03 '25
OTAN x Russia. Ukraine is only used as a proxy. Sadly...
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u/PinEducational4494 Jun 03 '25
OTAN x Russia. Ukraine is only used as a proxy. Sadly...
... ...
Okay u/d_rome , I want to keep faith in mankind so I blame the Streisand effect of your post at that stage! :D
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Jun 03 '25
Can you tell me more about it? First time hearing
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u/Dangerous-Sink6574 Jun 04 '25
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Jun 04 '25
Aha. Well, it's funny how people are now complaining about Russians doping but not about Americans on every Olympic Games 😂 It's fine when USA does it Double standards
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u/judo1234567 Jun 03 '25
Your point is emphasised further by the fact that not a single comment has referenced Belarus which suggests that most people commenting haven’t bothered to read the article
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u/Few_Advisor3536 judoka Jun 02 '25
If russia is banned from the olympics then whats the point of letting them compete in the ijf circuit?
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u/RingGiver Jun 03 '25
Seems appropriate to treat them the same as when Iran does not allow its athletes to fight Israelis.
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u/balletbeginner gokyu Jun 04 '25
It's not the same. Ukraine is within its right to boycott over the IJF's policies. Iran enters competitions and uses state power to force judokas into poor sportsmanship. That is unacceptable
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u/InfiniteBusiness0 Jun 02 '25
Ultimately, I would hate to be one of the athletes. My heart goes out to them.
On the one hand, they are missing their chance to fight at the Olympics. On the other hand, their fights will be treated as a proxy war for the broader conflict. Win or lose, it puts a target on their backs.