Sports authorities in Ukraine asked the International Olympic Committee on Wednesday ?to examine the "neutral" status of Russian athletes they accused of having links to the military or competing in events that violated Olympic sanctions.
The IOC allowed a limited number of athletes from Russia and Belarus ?to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2026 ?Milano Cortina?Winter ?Games with no flags or anthems, subject ?to vetting.
This included stipulations that athletes not be linked to the military or have supported Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
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