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Individual Neutral Athletes [a] was the name used to represent approved individual Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned those nations' previous designations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that continued into the duration of the games.
Although the IOC listed Telesport Russia as the nominal rights holder for Russia, [4] the main Russian and Belarusian broadcasters were not officially showing the Games in protest of the sanctions imposed on the two countries, which led to a reduced quota of 32 athletes that were listed as neutrals: Belarus and Russia last refused to purchase the broadcasting rights in 1984.
Russia, in turn, decrying “discrimination” (or worse), turned on the Olympics. Even many athletes who were eligible declined invitations. Even many athletes who were eligible declined invitations.
The Russian athletes participating in this year's Summer Games are considered "neutrals"
Russians competed under the name “Olympic Athlete from Russia” at the 2018 Winter Olympics and as ROC — short for Russian Olympic Committee — in 2021 and 2022, without their country's ...
The BRICS Games were used by Russian athletes as an alternative to participation in the 2024 Summer Olympics, where the country is not allowed to attend by decision of the International Olympic Committee (with the exception of a small number of individual athletes in non-team disciplines) due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and various ...
Daniil Medvedev is one of only a handful of Russians expected to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) (Sean M. Haffey via Getty Images)
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia slammed a decision by the International Olympic Committee to ban its athletes from the opening parade of the Paris Olympics in July, calling it a violation of the ideal ...