IOC rules on participation ‘unacceptable’, says Russia’s committee

IOC rules on participation ‘unacceptable’, says Russia’s committee FMTNews FMTSports

Ukraine has spearheaded a campaign to boycott the Paris Olympic Games should Russia and Belarus compete, even as neutrals.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov, president of the Russian Olympic Committee, told a news conference that he opposed any notion of Russian and Belarusian athletes competing as neutrals with no use of flags or anthems allowed. “Neutral status is a violation of human rights… We believe the proposed conditions to be groundless, void of legal basis and excessive.

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