Russian athletes were allowed to participate in 2026 winter games under a neutral flag, IOC says

Athletes from Russia will be allowed to participate in Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Games under a neutral flag, means the international flag on Friday.

The IC’s decision after Milan meeting on Friday was expected and maintained similar organizations and summer sports in Paris in the past year.

The IOC set up the Russian Olympic Committee on October 2023 after being placed under the Russian attack 2022 in Ukraine, said it broke Olympic Charter.

“We also talked about Neutral Independent Neutrition (Ains). This will not be a new factor, “said Ioc Kirsty Kirsty President at the media conference, according to the teachers.” The Board of the Executive will take the same approach to Paris (2024 Option). Nothing has changed. “

Earlier, Russian athletes were allowed to compete under the Russian Olympic Committee, or “ROC,” the last appearance between 2020 Olympics. They were allowed competing under “Roc” after a series of shame and reduced their access to games, but that was changed for Paris games.

In last summer, Russian athlete can only participate under a neutral flag and individual events. They compete without the Russian or Belarusian flag and the song. Instead, they participated as neutral athletes.

Belarusian athletes faced similar organizations because Belarus did as a place of attack on Ukrainian attacks.

Russian and Belarusian Athletes reached the first time in any Russian military coordinates or the support of the over three years in Ukraine, both of them will remove them, said IOC.

Why is Russia blocked in Olympics?

Olympic athletic from Russia faced a series of shame and challenges in recent years.

The Russian Russian Athletic Suggestion Suggested drugs exploded in public viewing in 2015 after a subsection and investigation series. In November 2015, everywhere the crossrack Track and the field team were suspended after anti-Doping Agency found What It Called “The culture of cheating.”

A 2016 report Over a thousand people are people connected with the Russian government Doping Scheme between 2011 and 2014. The Russia was banned in 2017 because of the plan of approval for acceptance to intervene “Olympic Ages from Russia.” Only 168 Russian athletes exceeded the awakening process to participate in the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, under the neutral flag. This was the exact Russian athletes involved under a neutral flag after the United 1992 group.

In 2019, Anti-Doping Agency voted Ban Russia From 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beijing of 2022 winter baits above the paid form of draft. Russian athletes were allowed to compete in the Olympics but only if they can show that they were not part of the part.

In 2023, about 20 months in its battle and Ukraine, IOC suspended Russia as soon as the Olympic Cross of Sports in the East Ukraine East in eastern Ukraine. The estimated Russian presence and belarusians in Paris games are satisfied with the Olympic body by combining athletes from the world while avoiding arrest of Ukraine and its closest allies.

Russian groups are still banned. Suttualization now returns to international organizations, which are responsible for the quality of the title and their other continues to block Russians and belarus from their competitions.

2027 winter Olympics in Italy runs from February 6-22.

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