Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for Russian athletes to be banned from participating in the Paris 2024 Olympics rather than being allowed to compete as ‘neutrals’. The status of athletes from nations in the bad books is in focus after Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka’s Oz Open win. Zelensky says countries must not be allowed to use the Olympics for propaganda. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) previously said athletes from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to compete, but Ukraine is threatening to boycott the event if that happens, claiming the IOC is telling the world that “terror is somehow acceptable”. The UK Government also condemned the IOC’s plans as a “world away from the reality of war”. It all comes as Australia and France agree to jointly supply thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine. And if making threats was an Olympic sport, former UK PM Boris Johnson has revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be a gold medalist…