International Olympic Committee recommends readmission of Russian athletes

[just444]

Following a request by the 11th Olympic Summit, IOC issues recommendations for International Federations and international sports event organisers on the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions:https://t.co/yNgQElJweK
- IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) March 28, 2023

sourceDespite loud protests from

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[yami_no_hoshi]

Somewhat related but they STILL haven’t given out the figure skating team medals because the doping case is working its way through appeals.

[aprilbegins]

That's wild, and unfortunate. Let's see if it takes the athletes as long to get medals as the 2000 U.S. women's gymnastics team

[fauxkaren]

I bet nothing happens until the 2026 games and they just hand out medals then.

[aprilbegins]

✔️ Olympic Athletes from Russia
✔️ Russian Olympic Committee
NEW! Individual Neutral Athletes

[fauxkaren]

Lol for real

This is dumb as shit.

[willardwright]

The only good thing about it is that it might help the athletes escape from Russia, should they want to.

[fauxkaren]

Ok, question.

How strictly are they going to enforce the whole 'can't have supported the war' thing?

Cause I feel like a number of athletes should probably be excluded based on that.

[onyxrose81]

It pretty much excludes all of the 2020 Men’s gymnastics team. Those a-holes were pretty proud about donating a drone to Russian forces.

[theylezharold]

You'll get sent to a Prison work camp if you live in Russia and openly come out against the war. It's a shit show rn.

[firstknivesclub]

for people who enter as individuals, do they win for the individual group or do they just literally win it for themselves?

[debbiesgirl]

[sunshinefun27]

It might have been 2020 anyways. The Russians were claiming they actually won rhythmic and that the scoring was rigged. I feel like they did their own ceremony with a gold medal.