In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Russia and Belarus have been banned from participating in the games due to the Ukraine war.
But they are not the first to face such a ban.
In 2000, Afghanistan was banned from the Sydney Olympics due to its severe restrictions on women’s participation in sports and its prohibition of sports altogether under Taliban rule.
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