{"id":166890,"date":"2025-12-04T20:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166890\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"russian-led-international-sambo-federation-allows-belarusians-to-participate-in-competitions-under-national-flags","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166890\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian-led International Sambo Federation allows Belarusians to participate in competitions under national flags"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 4,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;The International Sambo Federation (FIAS), led by Russian Vasily Shestakov, has allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in international competitions under their national flags and with their national anthems at all FIAS-sanctioned international competitions starting January 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince 2022, unlike the decisions of many international sports federations, FIAS has consistently allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in a neutral status, based on the conviction that sport must remain outside of politics. Sport is a bridge for dialogue and mutual understanding between peoples, even in difficult times. We have continued this course, first by reinstating national symbols for juniors, and now for all athletes. This decision returns the situation to the legal framework based on equal rights for all members of our federation,\u201d noted FIAS President Vasily Shestakov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Olympic Committee (IOC) allows only individual neutral athletes from Belarus and Russia to compete in its events without national flags and anthems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/166514\/\">Belarusian neutral skiers, snowboarders allowed to compete in Winter Olympic qualification<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 4,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The International Sambo Federation (FIAS), led by Russian Vasily Shestakov, has allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in international competitions under their national flags and with their national anthems at all FIAS-sanctioned international competitions starting January 1. \u201cSince 2022, unlike the decisions of many international sports federations, FIAS has consistently allowed 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