Russian tennis players Karen Khachanov and Liudmila Samsonova declined to play at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said on Friday, June 28, and their next highest ranked compatriots were invited instead.
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LAUSANNE — The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower from the Beach Volleyball court at the Eiffel Tower stadium, Tuesday, June 25, in Paris. The IOC said Pavel Kotov, the 50th-ranked men’s player, and Anna Kalinskaya, ranked No. 17, were invited to join the eight-person Russian team for tennis in Paris. The players are competing as neutrals during the military invasion of Ukraine.The top two Russian men’s players, No. 5 Daniil Medvedev and No. 6 Andrey Rublev, had neither confirmed nor declined their invitations on the International Olympic Committee’s updated list on Friday.
Athletes are being blocked if they expressed support for the Russian invasion or had ties to sports clubs linked to the military or state security services.
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