Russian judokas, who have received an invitation from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), will not participate in the Paris Olympic Games, the president of the Judo Federation has announced. Sergei Soloveichik a comment on which was provided by the organization’s press service.
Earlier on Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) allowed four Russian judokas to participate in the Paris Summer Olympics in neutral status. The list included Valery Endovitsky, Elis Startseva, Dali Liluashvili and Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov. In total, the Russian team had 12 quotas for participation in the Games – 7 men’s and 5 women’s.
— Of the seventeen judokas who received an Olympic qualification, the IOC only authorized four to participate in the Olympic Games. The rest of the athletes are forced to stay at home. In this situation, the Presidium of the Russian Judo Federation made a unanimous decision: the Russian national judo team will not accept humiliating conditions and will not participate in the Paris Games with the composition proposed by the officials of the International Committee Olympic,” Soloveichik said. .
In February 2022, the IOC recommended that sports federations not allow Russians and Belarusians to participate in international tournaments. Later, the recommendations were softened, and in December 2023, IOC chief Thomas Bach announced that the organization would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who passed the selection process to the 2024 Summer Games in an individual neutral status. The athletes will be able to perform in Paris without a flag, anthem, and other national symbols.
The Games in Paris will take place from July 26 to August 11.
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