Russian skateboarders were allowed to participate in international competitions with a neutral status
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The International Skateboarding Federation (World Skate) allowed participants with Belarusian and Russian sports citizenship in a neutral status to compete. In accordance with the recommendations of the executive committee of the International Olympic Committee, they will be able to participate in competitions from January 1.
As reported press service World Skate, those athletes who meet criteria based on IOC recommendations will be able to become neutral. The federation has promised to publish a list of criteria in the coming weeks.
It is noted that the decision on the participation of Belarusian and Russian skateboarders in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris is under the jurisdiction of the IOC.
In accordance with the IOC recommendations of February 28, skateboarders from Belarus and Russia could not participate in international competitions from March 1, 2022. On March 28 of this year, the IOC recommended that Russians and Belarusians be allowed into international competitions only as neutral athletes. Then the IOC stated that the decision on admission concerns only those athletes who did not support the fighting in Ukraine.
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