Russian and Belarusian athletes will not compete at the Asian Games in China starting on September 23 after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) concluded that the plan was "not feasible." "The concept of the participation of athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports at the Asian Games 2023 was explored as discussed at the Olympic Summit in December 2022, but was not feasible due to technical reasons," the insidethegames.biz news portal quoted the IOC as saying. A spokesman for the Olympic Council of Asia told insidethegames.biz that there would be "no Russian and Belarusian athletes [at the Asian Games], and it is IOC’s decision, not OCA."
