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© Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.IOC confirms Russian athletes can compete at Paris Olympics with approved neutral status
By GRAHAM DUNBAR GENEVA©2025 GPlusMedia Inc.
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falseflagsteve
Bravo to Tom Bach.
John
Russia and Russians practiced doping as state policy. They deserve the collective punishment that S. Africa got for Apartheid.
factchecker
IOC don't want to totally cut of the Russian flow of cash into their perverted slush funds.
Please just cancel the Olympics for good.
falseflagsteve
factchecker
There is no evidence of your conspiracy theory, please retract it, they are totally unfounded.
Chico3
Big deal! They're still competing. Nothing really changes.
englisc aspyrgend
Does that mean any athlete who has expressed approval or support for poo tin and or his genocidal invasion of Ukraine will be banned and only those who denounce the invasion will be permitted to compete? Otherwise it is obvious the IOC only care for the cash.
kibousha
100million rubble per "approval".
owzer
It's absolutely NOT about it being "unfair" to the athletes. Athletes go to the Olympics to represent their countries. It's the only reason they are there. Ban them!
TokyoLiving
Excellent..
Anyway, still Russian..
GO RUSSIA..
Jimizo
What out for doping.
Notorious for it.
Jimizo
*watch
TaiwanIsNotChina
Now they need to change refugee team (which should be the Russia team) to not have red, white, and blue as the colors.
TaiwanIsNotChina
You yourself say there will be no ceasefire without surrender and Russia has found ways to get banned even before Putin's War. Could be awhile.
Jimizo
Use the Russian urine samples to clean the bogs. I can imagine they’ve got more kick than caustic soda.
Use sparingly. Could eat through the porcelain.
John
For starters, not body is scared of an organized crime outfit masquerading as a country, so “Russophobia” is not accurate.
It’s about ostracizing a gang of thugs using doping in the advancement of sport washing.
Coulda been
Funds transfers obviously been completed.
Dr.Cajetan Coelho
Olympic Games are world class competitions. Athletes as human beings should be encouraged to celebrate ongoingness and togetherness in the quadrennial showpiece. All the best to the organizers, participants, and fans at the Olympic festivities in Paris.
lostrune2
Only dozens, no teams
It's not like a lot of them. Some would say token
There are some Russians who are against the invasion or are not cheating (such as those who do not compete within Russia, and thus are tested by that other country's anti-doping agency)