Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kremlin says new charges against Russian track federation won't derail preparations
5 years, 1 month ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Kremlin says new charges against Russian track federation won't derail preparations

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Federation president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and anti-doping official Elena Ikonnikova were among seven people charged Thursday for allegedly faking medical documents used as an alibi by an athlete who failed to make himself available for drug testing Moscow: The Kremlin says a raft of new charges against the Russian track federation won’t derail the country’s preparations to compete in next year’s Olympics. Federation president Dmitry Shlyakhtin and anti-doping official Elena Ikonnikova were among seven people charged Thursday for allegedly faking medical documents used as an alibi by an athlete who failed to make himself available for drug testing. Asked if this threatens the country’s Olympic plans, Russian President Vladimir Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says “undoubtedly, this requires attention from the sports authorities, and I’m sure they’re dealing with it. But I don’t see a direct connection with Russia’s participation in the Olympics here.” Russia is also facing a World Anti-Doping Agency ruling next month on whether it manipulated data from a lab in Moscow.

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Russian skaters allowed to compete as neutrals at Winter Olympics 2026
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Russian skaters allowed to compete as neutrals at Winter Olympics 2026

The Hindu  

Russians will be able to qualify for the ice skating competition at the 2026 Winter Olympics as neutral athletes, the sport’s governing body said on Friday. The International Skating Union announced “a pathway to allow a limited number of individual neutral athletes to participate under strict conditions in designated Olympic qualifying events for the 2025/26 season”. “Recognising that competing in …

Belarus Olympic sprinter who was in an airport standoff in Tokyo finds a new life running for Poland
5 months ago

Belarus Olympic sprinter who was in an airport standoff in Tokyo finds a new life running for Poland

Associated Press  

SAINT-DENIS, France — Three years ago, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya’s Olympics ended in a dramatic standoff at a Tokyo airport when officials from the Belarus team tried to send her home against her will. 1 aim was go out there and run exactly that event that I wasn’t able to run in Tokyo,” Tsimanouskaya told The Associated Press on Thursday after completing …

Paris 2024 Olympics: US, Japan figure skaters receive Beijing Winter Games medals in long-awaited ceremony
5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: US, Japan figure skaters receive Beijing Winter Games medals in long-awaited ceremony

The Hindu  

Two-and-a-half years after competing at the Beijing Winter Olympics, American and Japanese figure skaters stepped on to the podium in Paris on Wednesday to receive reallocated gold and silver medals, drawing a line under a Russian doping saga that rocked those Games. Against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, the American figure skating team finally experienced the golden moment it …

What’s the deal with the Olympics? Your burning questions, answered
5 months ago

What’s the deal with the Olympics? Your burning questions, answered

Associated Press  

PARIS — The Olympics have their own language, traditions and rules — ones that are ever-evolving. It’s down to a few factors: space, appropriate facilities for each discipline, a sustainability commitment that meant only two new venues were constructed in Paris and, in Tahiti’s case, the best place to get sick waves with minimal impact. When the winners take the …

At Paris Olympics, anti-doping leaders accept that some cheating is inevitable
5 months, 2 weeks ago

At Paris Olympics, anti-doping leaders accept that some cheating is inevitable

Associated Press  

PARIS — The days are over when Olympic organizers and anti-doping officials would typically predict “the cleanest Games ever.” Not at the Paris Olympics. “It’s not our role to do it,” World Anti-Doping Agency President Witold Bańka said Thursday. “Our role is to oversee the system,” Bańka said of Montreal-based WADA, “to make sure the system is robust, to make …

Paris 2024: Russian athlete list shrinks as sports chiefs reject IOC terms
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Paris 2024: Russian athlete list shrinks as sports chiefs reject IOC terms

The Hindu  

The list of Russian athletes who will head to the Paris 2024 Olympics later this month has thinned to just over a dozen, as several sports federation heads have said their squads will not take part under what they see as humiliating restrictions. Athletes from Russia and Belarus, Moscow’s closest ally in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, are barred from …

Dozens of Russian athletes are likely to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Will Moscow let them go?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Dozens of Russian athletes are likely to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Will Moscow let them go?

Associated Press  

DUESSELDORF, Germany — With 100 days to go until the Paris Olympics, it’s still not clear whether any athletes from Russia who are expected to qualify will actually go. Russian President Vladimir Putin has questioned the rules and asked the Russian Olympic Committee and the Sports Ministry to submit recommendations on whether the country’s athletes should compete in Paris. In …

'As few as 40 Russian athletes could compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics,' claims IOC boss John Coates and 'will not take part in team sports' because of sanctions put in place due to the Ukraine war
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'As few as 40 Russian athletes could compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics,' claims IOC boss John Coates and 'will not take part in team sports' because of sanctions put in place due to the Ukraine war

Daily Mail  

There could be as few as 40 Russian athletes competing as neutrals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, according to International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates. IOC vice-president John Coates claimed that 'there could be as few as 40 Russian athletes at the Paris Olympics' Sanctions have been put in place on Russian and Belarusian athletes due to the …

Paris Olympics 2024 could feature only 40 Russian athletes, says IOC
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Paris Olympics 2024 could feature only 40 Russian athletes, says IOC

The Hindu  

Senior International Olympic Committee Vice-President John Coates is unsure how many Russian athletes will compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Games, but thinks reports that it might be as low as 40 could be close to the mark. The inclusion of the neutral athletes remains a contentious issue, with Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba describing December’s decision to allow …

What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?
11 months, 1 week ago

What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?

Associated Press  

The highest court in sports sanctioned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for doping violations at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. A look at the case, and what happens next: ABOUT THE MEDALS Several hours after the CAS decision, the IOC notified the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee that the gold would be going to the U.S. skaters and that the two …

What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?
11 months, 1 week ago

What happens to Olympic medals now that Russian skater Valieva has been sanctioned for doping?

The Independent  

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Putin questions Olympic rules for neutral Russian athletes at Paris Games
1 year ago

Putin questions Olympic rules for neutral Russian athletes at Paris Games

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin questioned the International Olympic Committee rules mandating Russian athletes compete at the Paris Olympics as neutrals. “I’ve always said that athletes train for years and that they need to be given the opportunity to compete at the largest competitions, including the Olympic Games,” Putin said. And therefore in principle I supported our athletes going …

IOC’s stance on Russia could ‘bury Olympic movement’, Putin says
1 year ago

IOC’s stance on Russia could ‘bury Olympic movement’, Putin says

Al Jazeera  

Putin remains tight-lipped on Russian athletes’ participation in the 2024 Olympics under the conditions imposed by the IOC. Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the International Olympic Committee of trying to bury the Olympic movement by imposing rules on Russian athletes for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. “They have been training for years … and that’s why I supported …

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics
1 year ago

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year’s Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Two of Russia’s top swimmers have been drug tested by their country’s anti-doping agency only twice apiece in 2023, part of a larger trend in the country that adds an extra layer of uncertainty to the IOC’s decision to allow some Russian athletes to compete next year at the Paris Olympics. At least three to five tests is the minimum …

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics
1 year ago

Many top Russian athletes faced minimal drug testing in 2023 ahead of next year's Paris Olympics

The Independent  

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Russian athletes back in doping spotlight after Paris Olmypics green light
1 year, 1 month ago

Russian athletes back in doping spotlight after Paris Olmypics green light

The Hindu  

The doping spotlight is once again on Russia after the International Olympic Committee cleared the way on Friday for the country’s athletes to compete at next year’s Paris Summer Games as neutrals. Long before Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”, the country was already a sporting outcast for having implemented a state- The Russian …

IOC confirms Russian athletes can compete at Paris Olympics with approved neutral status
1 year, 1 month ago

IOC confirms Russian athletes can compete at Paris Olympics with approved neutral status

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the IOC said Friday, in a decision that removed the option of a blanket ban due to the invasion of Ukraine. The International Olympic Committee decision confirmed moves it started one year ago to reintegrate Russia and its military ally Belarus into global sports, and …

Verdict in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case to be given by end of January
1 year, 1 month ago

Verdict in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s doping case to be given by end of January

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — A verdict in the Beijing Olympics doping case of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva should be given by the end of January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday after a fifth day of appeal proceedings. The new deadline set by CAS should resolve the case nearly two years after the then-15-year-old’s doping test rocked the …

IOC hits back at Putin claim of “ethnic discrimination” against Russia’s potential Olympic athletes
1 year, 2 months ago

IOC hits back at Putin claim of “ethnic discrimination” against Russia’s potential Olympic athletes

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The International Olympic Committee dismissed on Friday claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin of “ethnic discrimination” against athletes who are excluded from international sport. The IOC has advised sports bodies this year to vet Russian athletes for returning to compete as neutral individuals without a national identity ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics while continuing to exclude …

IOC rejects Putin’s ‘ethnic discrimination’ claims
1 year, 2 months ago

IOC rejects Putin’s ‘ethnic discrimination’ claims

The Hindu  

The International Olympic Committee on Friday firmly rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allegation that it was using “ethnic discrimination” against Russian and Belarusian athletes ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. Putin on Thursday slammed the IOC for potentially using the Games “as an instrument of political pressure towards those people who have nothing to do with politics.” RELATED | Putin …

Putin accuses IOC of using Olympics for politics and racism after Russia is banned from the Games
1 year, 2 months ago

Putin accuses IOC of using Olympics for politics and racism after Russia is banned from the Games

The Hindu  

President Vladimir Putin on Thursday lashed out at the International Olympic Committee for effectively suspending Russia from the Olympic movement, accusing it of using the Games as a tool of politics and racism. “Thanks to some of the leaders of the modern International Olympic Committee, we learned that an invitation to the Games is not an unconditional right of the …

Olympic doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva starts in Switzerland
1 year, 3 months ago

Olympic doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva starts in Switzerland

The Independent  

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Russia says will not boycott 2024 Paris Olympics
1 year, 3 months ago

Russia says will not boycott 2024 Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

Russia’s Olympic Committee has said Moscow would not be boycotting the 2024 Olympics in Paris and every Russian athlete was free to choose whether or not to take part under a neutral banner. “Boycotting the Games leads to nowhere,” Russian Olympic Committee President Stanislav Pozdnyakov said in a briefing Thursday. Despite the ongoing conflict, the International Olympic Committee has recommended …

Russia doping questions persist because of the war in Ukraine
1 year, 4 months ago

Russia doping questions persist because of the war in Ukraine

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The doping task force created …

Coe says return of Russian athletes ‘unlikely’ before Paris Olympics
1 year, 4 months ago

Coe says return of Russian athletes ‘unlikely’ before Paris Olympics

The Hindu  

World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said Thursday it was “unlikely” that track and field athletes from Russia and Belarus would be welcomed back to competition before next year’s Paris Olympics. “I don’t have a crystal ball, I follow world events in the same way that you all do,” Coe told journalists after his re-election as head of track and field’s …

A Belarusian sprinter who was forced out of the Tokyo Olympics has been cleared to race for Poland
1 year, 5 months ago

A Belarusian sprinter who was forced out of the Tokyo Olympics has been cleared to race for Poland

Associated Press  

MONACO — Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, the Belarusian sprinter whose team tried to force her out of the Tokyo Olympics, has been declared eligible to represent Poland ahead of the upcoming world championships. Tsimanouskaya’s profile on the website of World Athletics, track and field’s governing body, was updated Monday with a note that she became eligible to compete for Poland the day …

IOC leader Bach quizzed by Ukrainian Olympic athlete on Russia issue for 2024 Paris Games
1 year, 6 months ago

IOC leader Bach quizzed by Ukrainian Olympic athlete on Russia issue for 2024 Paris Games

The Hindu  

IOC president Thomas Bach was quizzed by a Ukrainian Olympic athlete on Thursday about needing to keep Russians out of the 2024 Paris Games before he went to see the high jump event of another Ukrainian who had criticized him one day earlier. Ukrainian track and field teammates Viktoriia Tkachuk and Yaroslava Mahuchikh came to the International Olympic Committee’s home …

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s long-running doping case finally has dates for a hearing
1 year, 6 months ago

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s long-running doping case finally has dates for a hearing

The Hindu  

The long-running doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva could finally be decided after dates were set Thursday for a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Valieva’s positive test for a banned heart medication in December 2021 was revealed at the Beijing Olympics several weeks later. The World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating Union appealed to …

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s long-running doping case finally has dates for a hearing
1 year, 6 months ago

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s long-running doping case finally has dates for a hearing

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The long-running doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva could finally be decided after dates were set Thursday for a hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Valieva’s positive test for a banned heart medication in December 2021 was revealed at the Beijing Olympics several weeks later. The World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Skating …

European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus
1 year, 8 months ago

European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Opening the session Tuesday, PACE president Tiny Kox, a …

UK and France demand ban on Russia, Belarus state-funded athletes
1 year, 8 months ago

UK and France demand ban on Russia, Belarus state-funded athletes

Al Jazeera  

British and French sports ministers challenge IOC’s plan to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutrals. The United Kingdom and France’s sports ministers have insisted that Russian and Belarusian athletes must never compete as neutrals as recommended by the International Olympic Committee because they could still be funded by their governments. The IOC sanctioned Russia and Belarus after Moscow …

Ukraine looks to block athletes from competing with Russians
1 year, 9 months ago

Ukraine looks to block athletes from competing with Russians

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian government is looking to block its athletes from sports competitions, particularly qualifying events for next year’s Paris Olympics, which readmit Russian athletes. The International Olympic Committee recommended Tuesday that sports federations allow Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutral athletes without national symbols. There was no clarification on how Ukraine’s approach might affect tennis, where …

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics
1 year, 9 months ago

UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics

Associated Press  

GENEVA — Russian athletes who have actively served in the military invasion of Ukraine should be allowed to return to international sports if they did not take part in war crimes, according to a United Nations expert advising the International Olympic Committee. The U.N. special rapporteur for cultural rights, Alexandra Xanthaki, said late Sunday only Russian military members implicated in …

Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine
1 year, 9 months ago

Track stymies Russian path to Olympics due to war in Ukraine

Associated Press  

Track and field leaders signaled Thursday that it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in that sport at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues. The World Athletics Council kept its ban on Russian athletes in international events in place “for the foreseeable future,” a move that goes directly against the …

Canadian Olympians push for opposition to Russians in Paris 2024
1 year, 10 months ago

Canadian Olympians push for opposition to Russians in Paris 2024

The Hindu  

A group of 42 retired Canadian Olympians urged the Canadian Olympic Committee to reject the idea of allowing Russians to participate in next year’s Paris Games unless Russia withdraws from Ukraine. Opening that door, the athletes said, “sends a message that the COC is no longer concerned with Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine.” Signing the statement was a who’s-who of …

World Athletics will address Russian doping before Ukraine - Sebastian Coe
1 year, 10 months ago

World Athletics will address Russian doping before Ukraine - Sebastian Coe

The Hindu  

World Athletics will look at the issue of Russian athletes competing while the Ukraine war continues only after it has been decided whether the country has cleaned up its act on doping sufficiently to be reinstated, Sebastian Coe said on Friday. World Athletics President Coe said doping would still take precedence when the governing council meets next month to decide …

Six more Russians cleared as neutrals by World Athletics but war ban keeps them out
1 year, 11 months ago

Six more Russians cleared as neutrals by World Athletics but war ban keeps them out

The Hindu  

Six more Russians have been cleared by World Athletics to compete internationally as neutral athletes but they remain frozen out as their country is still banned from the sport following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. The Russian Athletics Federation has been suspended since 2015 as a result of widespread doping and a state- Nikita Anishchenkov, Artem Chermoshanskiy, Maksim …

Russia anti-doping agency records 375 whereabouts rule violations in 2022
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia anti-doping agency records 375 whereabouts rule violations in 2022

The Hindu  

Russian anti-doping agency RUSADA said on Friday it had recorded 375 cases last year in which athletes did not properly provide their whereabouts to allow for them to be tested for banned substances, TASS news agency reported. Rocked by doping scandals for years, Russia has acknowledged some shortcomings in the implementation of anti-doping rules but denies ever running a state- …

Russia’s path to 2024 Olympics takes shape, Ukraine objects
1 year, 11 months ago

Russia’s path to 2024 Olympics takes shape, Ukraine objects

Associated Press  

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia’s path to sending a team to the Paris Olympics next year became clearer on Thursday amid fierce objections from Ukraine. Some Russian officials expressed unhappiness at the IOC declaring it would not allow athletes found to be “actively supporting the war in Ukraine.” ROC president Stanislav Pozdnyakov said on Wednesday he opposed “any restrictions, extra requirements …

IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics
1 year, 11 months ago

IOC seeks pathway to let Russians compete at Paris Olympics

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The IOC made clear Wednesday it wants Russians to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics as neutral athletes, in defiance of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call to exclude them entirely. “A pathway for athletes’ participation in competition under strict conditions should therefore be further explored,” the IOC said in a statement published after an executive board meeting. Russia …

Belarus coach who removed sprinter from Olympics charged
1 year, 11 months ago

Belarus coach who removed sprinter from Olympics charged

Associated Press  

The Belarusian track coach who tried to force a sprinter to return home from the Tokyo Olympics after she was critical of the team has been charged with breaching the sport’s integrity standards. The Athletics Integrity Unit, which oversees disciplinary actions in track and field, announced the charges against Yury Maisevich on Thursday, alleging he broke rules in the sport’s …

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants 'complete isolation' for Russia not Olympic return
2 years ago

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants 'complete isolation' for Russia not Olympic return

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Russia and Belarus have been isolated from international sport ever since Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine in February. Paris: Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday Russian athletes should face “complete isolation” and not be welcomed back at the 2024 Olympic Games. Zelensky told International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach that he strongly opposed moves by the US Olympic and …

Russian athletes could compete in Asian events, IOC says
2 years, 1 month ago

Russian athletes could compete in Asian events, IOC says

The Hindu  

The International Olympic Committee said on Friday it will examine a proposal for athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus to resume competing in international sports events in Asia. The Olympic Summit, a conference hosted by the IOC, agreed on Friday that it will “lead the further exploration” of an initiative from the Olympic Council of Asia to allow Russia …

Kenya avoids track doping ban; Russia gets mixed news
2 years, 1 month ago

Kenya avoids track doping ban; Russia gets mixed news

Associated Press  

Russia and Kenya, two of the most troubled counties on the international doping front, received encouraging news from track and field’s ruling body on Wednesday, though any possible reprieve for Russia was tempered by the sport’s intent to keep the country’s athletes out of international meets until the war in Ukraine is over. Yevhen Pronin, the acting president of the …

Russian agency won’t publish doping verdict in Valieva case
2 years, 2 months ago

Russian agency won’t publish doping verdict in Valieva case

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — The Russian Anti-Doping Agency will treat the Kamila Valieva doping case which shook figure skating at the Winter Olympics as confidential and won’t publish a verdict. World Anti-Doping Agency rules say public disclosure in cases involving a protected person is optional — publishing a verdict is mandatory for most cases in Olympic sports — and it “shall be …

Russian agency won’t publish doping verdict in Valieva case
2 years, 2 months ago

Russian agency won’t publish doping verdict in Valieva case

The Hindu  

The Russian Anti-Doping Agency will treat the Kamila Valieva doping case which shook figure skating at the Winter Olympics as confidential and won’t publish a verdict. “In strict accordance with the principles of international and Russian anti-doping standards, and also taking into account the nature and circumstances of the case, RUSADA does not intend to announce the date of the …

Russian 2012 Olympic Finalist Irina Tarasova Banned Using Evidence From Moscow Lab
2 years, 4 months ago

Russian 2012 Olympic Finalist Irina Tarasova Banned Using Evidence From Moscow Lab

News 18  

A Russian shot putter who reached the 2012 Olympic final was banned Thursday based on 10-year-old evidence of state-backed doping that had long been hidden in a Moscow laboratory database. Irina Tarasova was banned for two years and disqualified from all her shot put results between July 2012 and July 2016, the Athletics Integrity Unit said. WADA asked Russia for …

2012 Olympic finalist banned using evidence from Russian lab
2 years, 4 months ago

2012 Olympic finalist banned using evidence from Russian lab

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Irina Tarasova was banned for two years and disqualified from all her shot put results between July 2012 and July 2016, the Athletics Integrity Unit said. Monaco: A Russian shot putter, who reached the 2012 Olympic final, was banned on Thursday based on 10-year-old evidence of state-backed doping that had long been hidden in a Moscow laboratory database. WADA asked …

Paris 2024 Olympics: Russia plans to compete in many sports despite ban over Ukraine
2 years, 5 months ago

Paris 2024 Olympics: Russia plans to compete in many sports despite ban over Ukraine

Daily Mail  

With two years to go until the Paris Olympics open, Russia is making plans for its athletes to live and compete in the French capital even though many remain barred from upcoming qualification events because of the war in Ukraine. Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday that the country was working to …

Russia eyes 2024 Paris Olympics despite sports bans
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia eyes 2024 Paris Olympics despite sports bans

Associated Press  

PARIS — With two years to go until the Paris Olympics open, Russia is making plans for its athletes to live and compete in the French capital even though many remain barred from upcoming qualification events because of the war in Ukraine. Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov wrote on the Telegram messaging app Tuesday that the country was working …

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