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Former high jump athlete Serhiy Bubka and former track and field athlete Valeriy Borzov have entered the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (NOC). Both joined the organization's Executive Committee.
During the election of the head of the NOC, a new composition of the Executive Committee was also approved. According to the organization, 21 representative of the sports community joined it.
NOC members supported Bubka and Borzov's election.
Suspine informs that members of the executive committee include 19 individuals, as well as two IOC members – Valeriy Borzov and Serhiy Bubka.
It should be noted that the head of the NOC, Vadym Guttsait, proposed approving the quantitative composition of the NOC's executive committee at 19 people, and also 2 IOC members – Bubka and Borzov.
Guttsait asked from the podium if there were any remarks about the list, but there were none. The executive committee was approved by a show of hands: all NOC delegates voted in favor, two abstained.
Guttsait proposed confirming Bubka and Borzov on the NOC's executive committee: watch the video.
According to Tribuna, by the rule 28 of the Olympic Charter, NOCs must include all IOC members in their country, if any. Such members must be included in the NOC's executive body ex officio (automatically by position) and have voting rights. Thus Bubka joined the NOC's executive committee for 2026 – 2030 years as an IOC member.
Context of Bubka and Borzov's election.
Recall that, according to journalists, Bubka, through the company “Mont Blanc,” earns multimillion-dollar income from occupied Donetsk. Moreover, this company has contracts with the so-called occupying administration of the region for fuel supplies.
Since the start of the full-scale invasion, Bubka has not condemned Russian aggression. Additionally, he refused to use his position and influence to convey the truth about the situation in Ukraine and fled abroad.
Ukrainian skeletonist Vladyslav Heraskevych attempted to strip Bubka of the title “Hero of Ukraine,” but the Verkhovna Rada failed to vote on the matter.
It should be added that Valeriy Borzov, as an IOC member, did not defend Heraskevych, who was disqualified at the Olympic Games of 2026 for the “Helmet of Memory.” Then Borzov unexpectedly came to the defense of the IOC, for which he received considerable criticism.
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