Ukrainian skier Ivan Kovbasnyuk, a two-time Olympian, can't train at home in the Carpathian Mountains because war in the country has damaged the power grid so severely that there's not enough energy to make the chairlifts operate.
That's just one of the reasons why he thinks athletes from Russia and Belarus shouldn't be allowed to compete at the next Olympics -- or in any international sports events.
Then, to make sure his message got through, Kovbasnyuk added in English to The Associated Press, "Russia is killing my people. Not good situation for Olympic Committee." Athletes from Russia and its military ally Belarus are still banned by the International Ski Federation from world championships and World Cup events -- a suspension that his been in place since soon after Russia started the war last February.As athletes representing Ukraine internationally, the team's skiers have a special exemption not to be drafted into the army.
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