‘Russia cannot participate as country, but…’: IOC clarifies on Russian Olympic body's suspension

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13.10.2023 - 11:37

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday clarified on the suspension of Russian Olympic body and said that individuals who have Russian passport can participate, however, Russia as a country will not be allowed to participate in the Olympic games. "We will allow individual players with Russian passports.

This means that they can participate in the Gamers on their own, but there will be no participation of Russia as a country. These will be neutral individual participations":.

said IOC President Thomas Bach for 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The clarification was announced after the ongoing Executive Board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Mumbai entered into its second day on Friday.

On Thursday, the Executive Board of the IOC decided to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with immediate effect. The decision was taken after the ROC decided to include the regional sports organisation of Ukraine (Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia) as its member, as per the IOC.

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