Ukrainian athletes will not be allowed to take part in qualifying events for the Paris2024 Olympic Games if they have to compete against Russians, government minister Oleh Nemchinov said
Nemchinov, secretary of Ukraine's cabinet ministers, said the government's decision was adopted following a proposal by sports minister Vadym Huttsait and that national federations ignoring the ruling could be sanctioned. Huttsait is also president of Ukraine's Olympic committee.Tuesday for the gradual return to international competition for Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals.
Athletes from the two countries have been banned from most elite international sporting competitions since last March in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a "special military operation". "At a meeting of the government, a protocol decision was made on the proposal of colleague Huttsait that we take part in qualifying competitions only where there are no Russians," Nemchinov was quoted as saying by"Accordingly, participation outside these criteria may be grounds for depriving federations of their national status."
The IOC is to make a separate decision on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in Paris at a later date. Ukraine has also threatened to boycott the 2024 Games should they be allowed to compete there.
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