PARIS : A Russian competing in trampoline gymnastics said on Friday that Russians and Belarusians competing like her as neutral athletes had not faced any disparaging comments from other athletes so far during the Paris Olympics.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Trampoline - Women's Qualification - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - August 02, 2024. Anzhela Bladtceva of AIN in action. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
Only certain athletes have been authorised by the International Olympic Committee to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes after undergoing a screening process designed to root out anyone who has publicly supported the war or military. "If I get upset, we still won't be getting our flag anyways," added the St. Petersburg native who was in tears after finishing fifth in the women's trampoline final.
Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya, a Belarusian competing as an individual neutral athlete, became the first neutral athlete of the Paris Games to win a medal with her silver-medal finish in trampoline.
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