The International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not allow tennis players to participate in the Paris Olympics Veronica Kudermetova And Aslana Karatseva a source told .
Earlier it became known that Daniil Medvedev, Mirra Andreeva, Diana Schneider, Pavel Kotov, Roman Safiullin and Ekaterina Alexandrova accepted the IOC invitation to the Olympic Games.
According to , the IOC has not yet allowed Kudermetova and Karatsev, who were initially included in the bid of the Russian Tennis Federation (RFF), to participate in the Olympic Games. However, there is no final decision on both. Representatives of the athletes and the FTR hope that these tennis players will still have a chance to play in Paris. The decision on the admission of Kudermetova and Karatsev will be made in the coming week.
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 said that the organization would allow Russian and Belarusian athletes who had 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 Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024. The tennis tournament will be played on clay courts.
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