The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is 'confusing' because Ukraine is still under attack, tennis world number one Iga Swiatek said. The IOC sanctioned Russia and Belarus after Moscow launched
The International Olympic Committee's recommendation to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to return to international competition as neutrals is"confusing" because Ukraine is still under attack, tennis world number one Iga Swiatek said.
"Right now the situation is pretty complicated because at the beginning of the war there weren't many decisions one way. At first they were kind of banned in other sports, not in tennis," Swiatek told reporters on Thursday.
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