{"id":1122,"date":"2023-08-30T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1122"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-badminton-players-allowed-to-compete-as-neutrals-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/1122\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 badminton players allowed to compete as neutrals in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 30,&nbsp;<em>BPN<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/strong>The World Badminton Federation (WBF) allowed Belarusian and Russian athletes to participate in its international competitions in a neutral status, the WBF press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;This is an important decision for the sport,&#8221; BWF President Poul-Erik H\u00f8yer said. &#8220;BWF continues to express unwavering support to the people of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian badminton community, and we strongly condemn the invasion of Ukraine, which works against BWF\u2019s core values and our objective to obtain peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lifting restrictions on Belarusian and Russian players would represent &#8220;a positive step forward as part of our endeavour to promote peace and solidarity,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision will come into force on February 26, 2024. In the meantime, the WBF plans to finalize the admission criteria in line with the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s (IOC) recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the start of Russia\u2019s full-scale war on Ukraine in late February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called on the international sports federations not to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete. That call was immediately answered on a mass scale and resulted in the almost complete isolation of Russian and Belarusian athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in late March 2023, the IOC said that Belarusian and Russian athletes might be admitted to international competitions under a neutral flag on condition that they are not actively involved in supporting military operations and are not linked to the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several sports federations followed the IOC recommendation allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late July, the IOC officially invited 203 national committees to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, but would not extend invitations to Belarus, Russia and Guatemala. It is expected to make a decision on the participation of individual athletes from Russia and Belarus as neutrals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 30,&nbsp;BPN.&nbsp;The World Badminton Federation (WBF) allowed Belarusian and Russian athletes to participate in its international competitions in a neutral status, the WBF press office reported. &#8220;This is an important decision for the sport,&#8221; BWF President Poul-Erik H\u00f8yer said. &#8220;BWF continues to express unwavering support to the people of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian badminton community, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[32],"class_list":["post-1122","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus\u2019 badminton players allowed to compete as neutrals in 2024 | 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