IOC bans Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics
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Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to participate in the opening parade of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, but will compete as separate neutral athletes.
The International Olympic Committee has banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. This was reported by UNN with reference to the IOC press service.
Details
It is noted that the Executive Board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) today agreed on a number of specific implementation aspects for the participation of individual neutral athletes (AIN) at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
In addition, the IOC Executive Committee also discussed and approved a number of elements of the protocol regarding the participation of AIN in Paris. In particular, according to the IOC decision, AIN will not participate in the parade of delegations (teams) during the Opening Ceremony, as they are individual athletes.
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At the same time, it is noted that the decision on AIN's participation in the closing ceremony will be made later, given that the closing ceremony is attended not by teams, but by all athletes together.
For reference
AINs are athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport who have qualified under the existing International Federation (IF) qualification systems on the playing field.
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