How Russian Athletes Can Still Compete in the Olympics Despite Their Country’s Ban From the Competition

Russia and Belarus are banned from the Olympics because of their involvement in the war in Ukraine.

How Are Russian and Belarusian Athletes Competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics?

While athletes compete under their nation’s respective flags, that won’t be the case for those hailing from Russia.
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Russia may be reinstated with World Athletics by yearend, says sports official

World Athletics, suspended RusAF’s membership in November 2015, following a wave of anti-doping rules violations and formed a special mission on the issue MOSCOW, July 15. /TASS/. The All-Russia ...
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Canada calls for Russia athletics to be banned from Rio Olympics

June 16 (Reuters) - Citing a lack of progress in enacting serious doping reforms, Russian track and field athletes should not be allowed to compete at the Rio Olympics, Athletics Canada said in a ...
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Athletics federations of Belarus, Russia to expand cooperation

MINSK, 12 July (BelTA) - The Belarusian Athletics Federation and the All-Russian Athletics Federation signed an additional cooperation agreement, BelTA learned from the press service of the ...
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Russian athletics federation RusAF repays its $6.31 mln debt to World Athletics

The RusAF president underscored that it would have been impossible to fulfill the monetary obligations but for the Russian Sports Ministry MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. The All-Russia Athletics ...