Lithuanian athlete disqualified for anti-Russian T-shirt continues protest on social media

Oleksii Murzak — Sunday, 15 December 2024, 02:08

Kornelija Dūdaitė, a member of the Lithuanian national Functional Fitness team which has decided to withdraw from the World Championships in Budapest because of Dūdaitė’s disqualification from the competition for wearing a T-shirt sporting the comment "Make Russia small again", has continued her protest on social media.

Source: Dūdaitė on Instagram

Details: In particular, she posted photos on Instagram of herself wearing two T-shirts, one bearing the face of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and the word "Dickhead", and the other with "F**k Putin" written on it.

Kornelija's friend also joined the protest, posing with her in the second photo in a T-shirt with the words "Crimea is Ukraine".

Kornelija was upset that Russian athletes were not competing under a "neutral flag", so she decided to wear a T-shirt to remind everyone of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Her actions were supported by her teammates in the Lithuanian national team, and the entire national team withdrew from the competition.

Background:

Körnelija Düdaitė, a member of the Lithuanian national Functional Fitness team, withdrew from the World Championship currently taking place in Budapest (Hungary) due to a T-shirt sporting the comment "Make Russia small again".
On 14 December, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys defended Dūdaitė, who had been disqualified from the competition for wearing the T-shirt in protest against the participation of Russian athletes.

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