Athletics - World Athletics Championship - National Athletics Centre, Budapest, Hungary - August 27, 2023 World Athletics President Sebastian Coe gives a speech during the closing ceremony REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File photo
LONDON (Reuters) - The Olympic door for Russian track and field athletes remains firmly shut, Sebastian Coe said on Monday, but he also offered them a glimmer of hope by acknowledging "the world changes" and highlighting a working group that is monitoring the situation.
Earlier this month the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said that Russians and Belarusians who qualify in their sport for the Paris 2024 Games can take part as neutrals without flags, emblems or anthems, changing the position of their original blanket ban following the invasion of Ukraine.
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