Thus, during the ceremony held in the French capital, MOC Thomas Bach President officially invited 203 countries to the Olympics, but ignored athletes from Russia and Belarus. This means that teams from these countries will not be presented at the 2024 Olympics under their flag. At the same time, the competition regulation does not envisage the complete exclusion of Russian and Belarussian athletes from the 2024 Olympic Games.
It should be noted that the Olympic Games in Paris will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024. We will remind, on January 31, 2023 information that the first country of Europe refused to speak with the Russians and Belarusians at the Olympic Games 2024. In Latvia, the International Sports Federations were called to support the removal of athletes from the Russian Federation and Belarus from participation in the Olympic Games.
In March, the International Olympic Committee suggested that only those athletes who do not support the war in Ukraine and are not servicemen performed at sports competitions from the Russian Federation and Belarus. Yes, Thomas Bach, who heads the International Olympic Committee, said that athletes with passports of Russia and Belarus are still competing in international tournaments. Focus also wrote that in January in the IOC rejected criticism of the admission of Russians to the Olympics.
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