The International Olympic Committee (IOC) still has sufficient time to decide whether Russian and Belarusian athletes will take part in the 2024 Olympics in Paris, spokesman Mark Adams said on June 21. “We will take a decision regarding Paris when the time is fit and there remains plenty of time for that decision to be taken," Adams said at a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IOC sanctioned Russia and Belarus after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022 but earlier this year recommended that athletes from the two countries be allowed to return to international competition as neutrals.
Plenty Of Time To Rule On Russian Athletes For Paris Olympics, Says IOC
Protesters outside the IOC's headquarters in Lausanne demand the exclusion of Russian athletes from next summer's Olympic Games in Paris. (file photo)