Olympians condemn IOC for statement on Iran's execution of 19-year-old wrestler Saleh Mohammadi

A conjugation of 7 Olympians crossed aggregate countries, including 3 golden medalists, person travel guardant to condemn nan International Olympic Committee (IOC) for its consequence to nan execution of Iranian wrestler Saleh Mohammadi. 

After Mohammadi was reportedly hanged successful nationalist past week, nan IOC released a statement that said, "It is very difficult to remark connected situations of individuals during a conflict aliases unrest successful a state without nan IOC being capable to verify nan often contradicting information...

"The IOC, arsenic a civil, non-governmental organization, has neither nan remit nor nan expertise to alteration nan laws aliases governmental strategy of a sovereign country."

Now, nan 7 Olympians are sharing their objections to nan IOC not condemning Iran for nan execution. 

The IOC told Fox News Digital it stood by its original statement.  

Nancy Hogshead, three-time US Olympic golden badge swimmer

Women's Sports Foundation Senior Director of Advocacy Nancy Hogshead attends 40 For 40 Event, 40 Years of Title IX, 40 Women Who Have Made an Impact, astatine JW Marriott Hotel connected June 21, 2012 successful Washington, DC. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for WICT)

"I’m flabbergasted that nan IOC could not denounce nan execution of a teenage wrestler successful Iran. The governing organizations of nan Olympics are non-political, but denouncing nan execution of an jock for governmental purposes is not political… it is conscionable doing nan correct thing," Hogshead told Fox News Digital. 

"Olympians merit better. The IOC tin and should guidelines against nan execution of athletes by convulsive regimes for governmental purposes."

Tyler Clary, US golden badge swimmer astatine London 2012

US swimmer Tyler Clary celebrates winning golden successful nan men's 200m backstroke last swimming arena astatine nan London 2012 Olympic Games connected August 2, 2012 successful London.   (CHRISTOPHE SIMON / AFP)

"The IOC’s connection sounds for illustration firm harm control, not civilized leadership," Clary told Fox News Digital. 

"Hiding down neutrality and bureaucracy isn’t leadership, it’s avoidance. The IOC says it doesn’t person nan authority to power sovereign nations, but it has ne'er hesitated to return beardown positions erstwhile it suits its interests. To abruptly declare impartiality erstwhile an jock is killed shows a deficiency of backbone and a nonaccomplishment to guidelines up for nan very group who make nan Olympic activity possible."

Maciej Czyzowicz, Poland Olympic golden badge pentathlete astatine Barcelona 1992

Poland Pentathalon golden medalist Maciej Czyzowicz (Courtesy of Maciej Czyzowicz)

"The International Olympic Committee’s deficiency of action and resoluteness is outrageous. Iran should beryllium banned from nan Olympic Games for its behavior, unless nan authorities is overthrown and a caller activity comes to power," Czyzowicz told Fox News Digital. 

"If nan IOC is incapable to guidelines up for nan life of an guiltless teenage athlete, it has wholly mislaid each civilized credibility. With this connection they showed that they don’t attraction if immoderate of Olympic activity countries break quality and civilian rights"

Keith Sanderson, US Olympic shooter, four-time Olympian

Keith Sanderson connected Day 7 of nan London 2012 Olympic Games astatine The Royal Artillery Barracks connected August 3, 2012 successful London, England. (Lars Baron/Getty Images)

"This is benignant of par for nan people pinch nan IOC. They enrich themselves astatine nan disbursal of athletes and cannot moreover guidelines up and opportunity that immoderate regime, including Iran, murdering a teenage jock is categorically wrong," Sanderson told Fox News Digital. 

"The IOC has been known to beryllium corrupt for years, but this is beyond nan pale. If nan IOC wants to show immoderate shred of morality aliases credibility, they should denounce this execution and enforce sanctions connected Iran until their activity changes aliases they apologize for this sadistic execution."

Ruben Gonzalez, Argentina Olympic luge athlete, four-time Olympian

Ruben Gonzalez of Argentina aft finishing nan last tally of nan men's luge singles last connected time 3 of nan 2010 Winter Olympics astatine Whistler Sliding Centre connected February 14, 2010 successful Whistler, Canada. (Clive Mason/Getty Images)

"The IOC’s refusal to speak retired against Iran for sidesplitting nan teenage wrestler is shameful. But that's really they've ever been. All they attraction is astir themselves," Gonzalez told Fox News Digital. "As acold arsenic nan IOC's concerned, nan athletes are simply pawns that let them to profit. Time and again, it has put its ain interests up of nan athletes it claims to represent. If nan IOC has immoderate integrity left, it should publically condemn nan enactment and return decisive action against Iran."

Katie Uhlaender, US skeleton athlete, five-time Olympian

Team USA skeleton hopeful Katie Uhlaender poses for a photograph during nan 2018 U.S. Olympic Team media acme astatine nan Grand Summit Hotel connected Sept. 25, 2017. (Kevin Jairaj/USA TODAY Sports)

"The IOC’s declare that they are conscionable a 'civil organization' is simply a convenient excuse for inaction. They utilized it to dodge accountability for nan Russian state-sponsored doping crisis, and they are utilizing it now regarding nan information of Iranian athletes. Whether it’s doping successful China, title manipulation successful Canada, aliases nan stolen moments of U.S. skaters successful 2022, nan shape is nan same: nan IOC cannot aliases will not protect nan group who make nan Games possible," Uhlaender told Fox News Digital. 

"If nan IOC insists that jock protection is simply a authorities responsibility, past nan United States has an opportunity to lead by illustration arsenic it heads into LA 2028. It’s clip to extremity waiting and commencement mounting nan modular for jock information and integrity ourselves."

Eli Bremer, US modern pentathlete astatine Beijing 2008

Eli Bremer of nan United States celebrates successful nan Men's Modern Pentathlon Fencing Epee One Touch held astatine nan Fencing Hall during Day 13 of nan Beijing 2008 Olympic Games connected August 21, 2008 successful Beijing, China.  (Nick Laham/Getty Images)

"I’ve believed IOC has been morally bankrupt for years and frankincense not had peculiarly precocious expectations for them. That said, I assumed nan execution of a teenage jock by his ain state would beryllium thing moreover nan IOC could fig retired and denounce," Bremer told Fox News Digital. 

"The truth that they cannot travel retired and opportunity that Iran’s execution of this teen who had go a nationalist icon is incorrect simply confirms really wholly retired of touch this statement is. I judge sports organizations mostly should enactment retired of politics. But they tin and should guidelines connected basal humanity and opportunity that murdering athletes is wrong. The truth that nan IOC cannot do this speaks volumes astir them."

Afsoon Roshanzamir Johnston, Iranian-born Team USA Olympic women's wrestling coach astatine Rio 2016

"As an Iranian calved world-class athlete, coach, and trailblazer for women successful wrestling, I americium profoundly disappointed by nan International Olympic Committee’s caller connection regarding nan execution of 19 year-old young wrestler, Saleh Mohammadi," Johnston told Fox News Digital.

"By framing its domiciled arsenic a 'non-governmental organization' without nan remit to power nationalist affairs, nan IOC is stepping distant from nan very principles of nan Olympic charter. The charter intends to beforehand a ‘peaceful society, concerned pinch nan preservation of quality dignity,’ yet erstwhile a young champion is barbarically and publically hanged by a authorities sanctioned execution, ‘quiet diplomacy’ feels painfully inadequate. 

"Political neutrality should not consequence successful passivity erstwhile athletes look violent authorities sanctioned brutality. Such a "safe" response, sends a troubling connection to athletes successful Iran and elsewhere; that nan life and information of nan jock is secondary to organizational protocol.

"We don’t request nan IOC to alteration a country‘s laws, we request them to guidelines up and usage their immense level to support and thief protect athletes."

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Fox News Digital's Benjamin Weinthal contributed to this report. 

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