Tokyo Olympics Map Corrected After Ukraine Objects

Tokyo Olympics Map Corrected After Ukraine Objects
A man wearing a mask walks past the Olympic rings in front of the Japan Olympics Museum in Tokyo on March 13, 2020. (Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)
Reuters
7/23/2021
Updated:
7/23/2021

KYIV—The International Olympic Committee has corrected a map on the Tokyo Olympics website after Ukraine protested about the inclusion of a border between Ukraine and its Crimean Peninsula, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Friday.

Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast in 2014, triggering Western sanctions and condemnation. Most countries deem Crimea to be part of Ukraine.

“They (International Olympic Committee) apologized for the mistake ... the map has already been corrected,” Kuleba said on Twitter.

By Pavel Polityuk