Olympics-Ukraine asks IOC to investigate Russian and Belarusian Games participation


FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is seen on an official Paris 2024 store at Place de l'Opera in Paris, France, January 1, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) - The Ukrainian Olympic Committee has asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to investigate the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Paris Olympics following alleged breaches of neutrality on Wednesday.

"I would like to address to you again on the issue of potential participation of AIN athletes (neutral individual athletes) with Russian and Belarusian passports, in particular those who compete in wrestling sport, in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and their adherence to the IOC Recommended Conditions of Participation," Ukrainian Olympic Committee president Vadym Huttsait wrote in a letter to IOC chief Thomas Bach published on its website on Wednesday.

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