FILE PHOTO: Tennis - French Open - Roland Garros, Paris, France - May 31, 2024 Russia's Andrey Rublev in action during his third round match against Italy's Matteo Arnaldi REUTERS/Yves Herman
(Reuters) - Tokyo doubles gold medallist Andrey Rublev and fellow tennis players Darya Kasatkina and Anna Kalinskaya are among 12 Russians and Belarusians who have turned down invitations to compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Olympics.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) published an updated list of neutral athletes on Monday with 2021 U.S. Open tennis champion Daniil Medvedev and women's world number 22 Ekaterina Aleksandrova among the 31 who had accepted.
