The head of the IOC allowed the participation of Russian athletes in the Olympic competitions

If Russian and Belarusian athletes agree to compete without national symbols, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) may allow individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the Olympic Games. This was told by the head of the IOC Thomas Bach at the congress of the International Biathlon Union.

“Speaking about Russian and Belarusian athletes, he did not directly say that they should be suspended. He even voiced the option of their admission to international competitions without a national identity. But in general, Bach washed his hands: decide, they say, for yourself, ”Sergey Averyanov, head of the press service of the Russian Biathlon Union, retold the video message from the head of the committee in his Telegram channel.

In July, the head of the IOC said that the time had not yet come to lift the ban on Russian athletes from participating in Olympic competitions. “The position not to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes remains unchanged,”— emphasized then Mr. Bach.

Andrey Sapozhnikov