Russian and Belarusian athletes were previously allowed to compete at the multi-sport event.
Russian athletes will likely compete under a neutral flag at the 2024 Paris Olympics because of the invasion of Ukraine.
The Olympic Council of Asia voted in July to allow up to 500 Russian and Belarusian athletes at the Games but the International Olympic Committee confirmed in early September that the nations would not participate due to “technical” reasons. “From the point of view of diplomacy, I think that such things are simply unacceptable; they did not even inform us that they reconsidered their decision to invite us,” he said in comments published by Russia’s TASS news agency.
Acting OCA president Randhir Singh told reporters this week at the Hangzhou Games that Russian and Belarusian athletes would have been welcome but the “logistics” could not be worked out.“The Games are being held in China, relations between our countries would have removed all security issues and the geographical closeness excludes any logistics issues,” he said.
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