Ukraine dismisses complaints over team’s uniform at Paralympics games in Paris
Source: Valeriy Sushkevych, National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine
Kyiv had to wrangle with International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for two months over the official uniform of Ukraine’s team at the Paralympic Games in Paris as international sport chiefs believed its design was “too political”, according to Valeryi Sushkevych of Ukraine’s National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine.
In his post on social media, he claimed that IPC officials had reservations over the image of the Ukrainian map on the sport uniform. The IPC also raised concerns over the “military-themed” color of the uniforms. Ukraine’s officials found solid arguments to prove the “legal and cultural significance of their design”.
“We were able to assert our legal rights and the Ukrainian perception of the colors in our uniform! And you, our supporters in Ukraine, will undoubtedly understand the deep, modern, and national philosophy behind our uniforms on the world’s biggest sporting stage of the quadrennial!” Sushkevych said.
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