Inside Olympic hypocrisy: when sports meet politics - Break the Fake - TVP WORLD

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The Olympic Games like to present itself as a space “outside politics.” History tells a very different story. This episode of Break the Fake looks at how the idea of Olympic neutrality has been selectively applied and often weaponized for decades. The starting point is a recent controversy involving Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych, who was banned by the International Olympic Committee from training and competing in a helmet commemorating Ukrainian athletes killed by Russia’s war. The reason? The IOC deemed the helmet “political.” Far from being apolitical, the Olympics have repeatedly served as a stage for propaganda, selective silence, and moral convenience. Join Jonasz Rewiński in a new episode of Break the Fake to find out more.