It's official — Russia and Belarus won't be invited to the 2024 Summer Games in Paris.
addressing the controversy over its push for Russians and Belarusians who haven't supported the war against Ukraine to be allowed to compete as "neutral athletes."
According to the update, the IOC's current recommendations "do not concern the participation of athletes and their support personnel with a Russian or Belarusian passport at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 or the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026." The IOC president also defended the new policy that reverses a previous call for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be barred from international competition, issued after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 with assistance from neighboring Belarus.
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