The International Olympic Committee executive board suspended the Russian Olympic Committee on Thursday after it attempted to claim Ukrainian athletes for Russia.
That tactic is a breach of the Olympic Charter, which recognizes Ukraine as a separate entity from Russia.The suspension of the ROC takes place immediately, and will remain in effect indefinitely. As a result, the ROC cannot function as a National Olympic Committee and will not receiving funding. The IOC also stated it reserves the right to decide whether athletes from Russia will be allowed to take part in the 2024 Paris Olympics and the Milano Cortina Olympics in 2026.
Russian athletes were allowed to take part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which took place in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but did so as part of the ROC. The athletes were not able to represent the country of Russia after it was banned from taking part. If the ROC remains suspended when the 2024 Paris Olympics begin, the IOC will need to determine how Russian athletes will be identified if they are allowed to compete.in the Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024 under a neutral banner.
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