Russia, Belarus omitted from Paris Olympics invitees
The International Olympic Committee says Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete as neutrals in the 2024 Games. – AFP pic, July 26, 2023.
INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach today formally invited 203 countries, but not Russia or Belarus, to participate in the Paris Olympics, which begin in a year. Bach had said in mid-July that neither Russia nor its ally in the invasion of Ukraine, Belarus, would be invited as a team.
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