Post by sevenofnine on Mar 20, 2024 10:47:23 GMT -5
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Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to participate in the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said.
The athletes, who will be competing in the Games under a neutral flag, "will not participate in the parade of delegations and teams during the opening ceremony since they are individual athletes," IOC director James McLeod said after an IOC executive board meeting on Tuesday in Lausanne, Switzerland.
A decision on whether they would participate in the closing ceremony had not yet been made, McLeod added.
Negative response from Moscow
The IOC decision has not gone down well with the Kremlin. On Wednesday, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the move amounted to the destruction of the Olympic idea.
www.dw.com/en/ioc-blocks-russian-athletes-from-olympic-opening-ceremony/a-64837576
Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be allowed to participate in the parade of nations at the opening ceremony of the Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said.
The athletes, who will be competing in the Games under a neutral flag, "will not participate in the parade of delegations and teams during the opening ceremony since they are individual athletes," IOC director James McLeod said after an IOC executive board meeting on Tuesday in Lausanne, Switzerland.
A decision on whether they would participate in the closing ceremony had not yet been made, McLeod added.
Negative response from Moscow
The IOC decision has not gone down well with the Kremlin. On Wednesday, spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the move amounted to the destruction of the Olympic idea.
www.dw.com/en/ioc-blocks-russian-athletes-from-olympic-opening-ceremony/a-64837576
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