Throwing out / denying access to a civilian is not "causing an international incident".
Just as their PR can write up a calm statement why he was allowed, they could have come up with a calm statement why he wasn't.
Sports was never and will never be not political. See your Putin example, or the last world cup, or the taking a knee protests,...
Interessante Idee aber es gibt noch keine Möglichkeit der Teilnahme?
Edit: nvm. Habe small-tech.org gefunden