Vice President of the Russian Federation Igor Levitin said that at the plenum “Progress in the development of the field of physical culture and sports” Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Sports and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) to develop recommendations on this issue. Participation of athletes in the 2024 Summer Olympics to be held in Paris. His words guide the way RIA News.
“Each federation needs to decide under what conditions it will participate in the Olympic Games and what declarations it will need to participate in the Games,” Levitin said.
On February 28, 2022, the IOC appealed to international sports federations, recommending that Russian and Belarusian athletes not be allowed to participate in any competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. Since then they have only participated in local tournaments.
At the meeting of the IOC Executive Committee on March 28, 2023, it was proposed to allow the Russians to remain in neutral status if the athletes are not actively involved in supporting military operations. In December 2023, the IOC decided to allow Russian athletes to participate in the 2024 Olympic Games in neutral status, subject to a number of conditions.
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