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The IOC also stated it reserves the right to decide whether athletes from Russia will be allowed to take part in the 2024 Paris Olympics and the Milano Cortina Olympics in 2026.
Russia's attempt to compare the country's Olympic Committee suspension with the situation of Israeli athletes following the start of the conflict between Israel and Hamas was out of place, the ...
The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee. The IOC objected to the ROC incorporating four sports bodies representing regions of ...
Russian aggression in Ukraine has also had an impact on the Special Olympics, which holds quadrennial summer and winter games. The most recent winter games had been set for Kazan, Russia, but were ...
In 2017, the IOC banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Games after finding widespread use of performance-enhancing drugs by Russian athletes. But the current ban is over the war in Ukraine.
Various concerns and controversies arose in relation to the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris including security, [1] human rights issues, Israel's participation amidst the Israel–Hamas war, and allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals amidst the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The highest court in global sport on Friday was set to hear a Russian appeal against sanctions that bar its National Olympic Committee (NOC) from receiving funding and being associated with the ...
In Russia, the gold medal count has always held a predominant role, and the state broadcaster Match TV used it during the 2016 Summer Olympics and midway during the 2020 Summer Olympics. However, closer to the finish of the Olympics, when it became apparent that Russian athletes would only finish fifth in the medal table, Match TV switched to ...