Whilst none of us would want for politics to affect our sport and we all have many friends in both Ukraine and Russia, we can not ignore the horrific invasion. An emergency proposal was put to the board at our meeting on Tuesday, to call on the International Skydiving Commission to suspend Russian and Belarusian functionaries from the commission and exclude all Russian and Belarusian athletes from First Category Events. Events overtook us with the Federation Aeronautic Internationale stating their position which will filter down to the ISC but the board were pleased to confirm their unanimous support
2022-02-28 FAI statement on the situation in Ukraine and decisions taken