The IOC says Russian athletes can be directly invited to next year's Paris Games despite the suspension of their country's Olympic committee
Russian athletes can be directly invited to next year's Paris Games despite the suspension of their country's Olympic committee, the IOC said Friday. International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach commented on the issue a day after the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended for violating the territorial integrity of its Ukrainian counterpart by unilaterally adding sports councils in four occupied regions as members.
“The ROC did nothing else but to follow this law,” Bach said, relaying the Russian explanation. “This is, I guess, in a nutshell, the core of the response.” The IOC intervened because it said the territorial violation was a breach of the Olympic Charter — the book of rules and principles guiding international sports. In a similar case in 2016, the IOC did not act when the Russian Olympic Committee incorporated sports bodies in Crimea and Sevastopol.
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