Van der Poel describes the course of events as ‘very bad’ and ‘absolutely terrible’. In the newspaper he draws a parallel with the Olympic Games that were held in Berlin in 1936, but also refers to the Winter Games in Sochi in Russia in 2014. Hitler “The Olympics are great, it’s a fantastic sporting event where the world is united and countries meet.” But organizing such an event “is exactly what Hitler did before he invaded Poland, and Russia before the invasion of Ukraine.” Immediately after the Games in Sochi, Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine. Van der Poel...
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