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IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect [1]

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Date: 2023-10-12 15:35:26+02:00

In view of the above, the IOC Executive Board (EB) today decided that:

The Russian Olympic Committee is suspended with immediate effect until further notice. The suspension has the following consequences:



The Russian Olympic Committee is no longer entitled to operate as a National Olympic Committee, as defined in the Olympic Charter, and cannot receive any funding from the Olympic Movement. As stated in the IOC’s position and recommendations of 28 March 2023, which remain fully in place, the IOC reserves the right to decide about the participation of individual neutral athletes with a Russian passport in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at the appropriate time.

The IOC EB also reserves the right to take any further decision or measure depending on the development of this situation.

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