Russian and Belarusian sailors are set to get their only path to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at a last-chance event in France next year – an option described as “madness” by Russia’s top sailing official on Wednesday. Know more:
GENEVA — Russian and Belarusian sailors are set to get their only path to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics at a last-chance event in France next year – an option described as “madness” by Russia’s top sailing official on Wednesday. races next April – called the Last Chance Regatta for Olympic qualification at the French Riviera resort Hyères – are the “targeted opportunity” for sailors with a passport from Russia and Belarus to return to international competition as neutral athletes.
Final decisions on if and how Russians and Belarusians can return to sports has been left to individual governing bodies, after the for the conditions to approve neutral athletes competing again as the Paris Games approach. Dzhienbaev said of the last-chance option “it is also madness to turn up without competitive practice and qualify for the Olympic Games,” in comments reported by Russian news agency Tass.
Global qualification events in 2024 could also be the only path for Russian boxers to advance to their tournament at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games. They have been excluded from entering Poland for the European Games next month and seem unlikely to be approved for the Asian Games hosted by China in September.
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