{"id":54361,"date":"2023-12-08T19:25:41","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T16:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=54361"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ioc-to-invite-individual-russian-belarusian-athletes-to-paris-2024","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/54361\/","title":{"rendered":"IOC to invite individual Russian, Belarusian athletes to Paris 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(IOC website)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 8, <em>Pozir<\/em>k.<\/strong>&nbsp;The International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to invite individual athletes from Belarus and Russia to the 2024 Paris Olympics, its executive board has <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/strict-eligibility-conditions-in-place-as-ioc-eb-approves-individual-neutral-athletes-ains-for-the-olympic-games-paris-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Russian or Belarusian officials will be invited to or accredited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Athletes who actively support the Russian war against Ukraine are not eligible, just as athletes and support personnel who are contracted to the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAmong the 4,600 athletes from around the world who have qualified for Paris 2024 so far, there are only 11 Individual Neutral Athletes (eight with a Russian passport plus three with a Belarusian passport). In comparison, to date more than 60 Ukrainian athletes have qualified for Paris 2024,\u201d the board said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus was banned from nearly all international competitions after Minsk allowed Russian troops to invade Ukraine from the country\u2019s territory in February 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 8, Pozirk.&nbsp;The International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to invite individual athletes from Belarus and Russia to the 2024 Paris Olympics, its executive board has announced. No Russian or Belarusian officials will be invited to or accredited. 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