Ukraine’s legandary pole vaulter and executive member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sergey Bubka, described the decision of the two Koreas – North and South – to march under one flag at the opening ceremony of next month’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea as "unbelievble."
When
Sportstar asked him to comment on the sensational development following a meeting of negotiators of the two countries at the border village of Panmunjom, Bubka said,"Well, personally, during the executive board of IOC, we discussed the issue a couple of days back. I am very very excited. I consider that the IOC is doing an incredible job to unify (the two countries), bring in peace and bring in people’s nations together.
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"What we see today and specially regarding your question, this is unbelievable. I pray and look (forward) to see the two Koreas as one nation, to merge together. I know that with this decision they will merge under one flag. This is unbelievable power of sports and Olympics. I am very happy and proud for that, with this Olympic movement under the leadership of Thomas Bach.’’
According to reports, following a dialogue between the two countries, the delegations of South and North Korea will march behind a “unified Korea” flag that shows an undivided Korean Peninsula. The Koreas have also decided to field a joint women’s ice hockey team.
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The 54-year-old Bubka, who broke 17 outdoor world records and 11 indoor world records, was the first to clear the 6 metre mark and a winner of the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, is the international event ambassador of the Tata Mumbai Marathon.
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