Russian athletes were given conditions Tuesday on how they could return to international sports events, though the International Olympic Committee said its advice to sporting bodies did not include the 2024 Paris Games.
International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach attends the opening of the Executive Board meeting at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Dec. 5, 2022.
The Russian Defence Ministry has said more than 20 of the country's medallists at the Tokyo Olympics staged in 2021 held military ranks. Of the 71 medals won in Japan, 45 were by athletes affiliated with the Central Sports Club of the Army. In the guidance document, the IOC said it would like Russians and Belarusians to be known as Individual Neutral Athletes with the French acronym AIN.
The suggested conditions are stricter than when Russia was under sanctions for doping cases at each Winter and Summer Games since 2018. In those events, uniforms in national colours could be worn and music by Tchaikovsky was played when Russian athletes won gold medals. In January, the IOC formally announced it would seek a "pathway for athletes' participation in competition under strict conditions", with a view to letting Russians and Belarusians try to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
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