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It was the leading country in terms of the number of medals removed due to doping at the 2002 Winter Olympics (5 medals), the 2006 Winter Olympics (1 medal), the 2008 Summer Olympics (14 medals), the 2012 Summer Olympics (17 medals), 2014 Winter Olympics (4 medals — 10 others were stripped and returned) and the joint most at the 2004 Summer ...
Russian athletes are allowed to compete as neutral athletes or “Olympic Athletes from Russia” (OAR) and represent the ROC. Their flag is the emblem of the ROC on a white background.
In 2018, the Russian Olympic Committee was reinstated, but because of the outcome of a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the subsequent decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), [2] Russian athletes participated at the 2020 Summer Games and 2022 Winter Games under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee and the ...
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) [a] is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia. Its current president during IOC suspension is Mikhail Degtyarev . The membership of ROC is currently suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 12 October 2023.
While Ukraine welcomed the move, the Russian Olympic Committee called it counter-productive. "This is an important decision," Andriy Yermak, Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office, said on the ...
At the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 the Russian Olympic team had 330 athletes and the Belarus delegation 104. The Russian team was limited then due to doping violations. Russia has acknowledged ...
Russian athletes were allowed to participate under the Olympic flag as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) if they were cleared by a panel, which was chaired by Valerie Fourneyron and had representatives from the IOC, the World Anti-Doping Agency, and the Doping Free Sport Unit of the Global Association of International Sports Federations.
Here is why sanctions were imposed on Russian sport and what they mean for the country's athletes. The Russian athletes taking part at this month's Beijing Olympics will be competing without their ...