Ukrainian athletes will not be allowed to take part in qualifying events for the 2024 Paris Olympics if they have to compete against Russians, government minister Oleh Nemchinov said.
Nemchinov, secretary of Ukraine’s cabinet ministers, said the government’s decision was adopted following a proposal by sports minister Vadym Huttsait and that national federations ignoring the ruling could be sanctioned. Huttsait is also president of Ukraine’s Olympic committee.
Athletes from the two countries have been banned from most elite international sporting competitions since last March in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation”. “Accordingly, participation outside these criteria may be grounds for depriving federations of their national status.”
Ukraine’s sports ministry condemned the IOC’s latest guidelines on Wednesday, while the head of Russia’s Olympic committee has said the IOC’s criteria was “unacceptable”.
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