Just a reminder: the historical spirit of Olympics required to stop all wars for the games. The reason for not admitting someone to participate in the games is that they don't act in the Olympic spirit.
I don't see this historical spirit being applied in the century XXI against anybody besides Russia. And it's not like there is no wars.
You are trying to frame escalations into some legalistic framework, but it only works domestically. Internationally, it is "you punch us, we punch you, we stab you, you stab us". No empty words are necessary and may cause additional violence in response.