The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) formally introduced the checklist of 14 Russian athletes and 11 Belarusian athletes included within the preliminary checklist of Particular person Impartial Athletes (AIN), who’re eligible to compete on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Athletes can qualify for the Olympics by passing double checks, carried out first by the related worldwide sports activities federation, then by the IOC.
This double-checking was completed to show these athletes didn’t actively help the warfare in Ukraine or have any ties to their nation’s military.
The athletes who’ve been included within the checklist compete in 4 disciplines. Sixteen of them are wrestling athletes, two are weightlifters, three are trampoline gymnasts and 4 are cyclists, together with Aleksandr Vlasov, who completed fourth within the 2021 Giro d’Italia.
“Our cyclists handed the ‘take a look at,'” Russian Biking Federation President Vyacheslav Ekimov informed the Russian Information Company (TASS).
“The IOC allowed us to take part within the Olympics, though I don’t anticipate a special growth. As for Vlasov, regardless of all his statements prior to now, I believe he’ll take part within the Olympics,” he added.
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Then once more, Ukrainian Sports activities Minister Matvey Bidnyi welcomed the absence of ‘vocal propagandists’ on the Olympics.
“The IOC listened to our proof, which we, along with the Nationwide Olympic Committee of Ukraine and sports activities federations, submitted to the IOC. We’re very grateful for the assistance of investigative journalists and colleagues from related authorities businesses in trying to find and verifying the proof,” mentioned Bidnyi .
After initially barring Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Paris Olympics following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the IOC adjusted its guidelines to permit participation of athletes beneath a impartial flag, with strict circumstances and excluding workforce occasions.
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Final March, the IOC estimated that there can be 36 Russian athletes and 22 Belarusian athletes on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
This quantity is way lower than the 330 Russian athletes and 104 Belarusian athletes who took half within the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The IOC will replace the checklist when the ultimate qualifying outcomes come out. (Ant/Z-1)
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