The International Olympic Committee's recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is"excessive and discriminatory", the Russian Olympic Committee's athletes' commission said.
In March, ROC head Stanislav Pozdnyakov denounced the recommendations, a position backed by the athletes commission chaired by former Olympic 800 metres champion Yuriy Borzakovskiy. "Today we, athletes, are detained as hostages of political games that divide the international sports community and at the same time sow discord within the Olympic family – dictating the parameters of admission, defining who is eligible to perform and who is not."
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