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European Union lawmakers have condemned the International Olympic Committee's decision to set out a path for some athletes from Russia and Belarus to try to qualify for the 2024 Paris Games.
SYDNEY : World Athletics will look at the issue of Russian athletes competing while the Ukraine war continues only after it has been decided whether the country has cleaned up its act on doping sufficiently to be reinstated, Sebastian Coe said on Friday.
Amateur boxing's Russian-led governing body denounced a U.S.-driven boycott of its world championships as 'political games' on Thursday and said plenty of boxers from the countries involved were keen to take part.
Boxers from Sweden and Canada will not take part in the amateur world championships, joining a boycott led by the United States and Ireland over the inclusion of Russian and Belarusian athletes and what some see as governance problems with the organiser.
Boxing Canada announced Tuesday it would not take part the upcoming women's world championships due to the involvement of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Britain and the Czech Republic joined the United States and Ireland in boycotting amateur boxing world championships on Tuesday amid mounting concern about the Russian-led sport's Olympic future.
Boxing is not on the initial programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Games, pending reforms demanded by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). And the International Boxing Association (IBA) was stripped of involvement in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.The IOC in December last year has also raised the possibility of boxing being excluded from the 2024 Paris Games, accusing the IBA of having "no real interest" in the sport or its athletes. Qualifying for the Paris Games is being organised by the IOC.The IBA, which is backed by Russian energy firm Gazprom, has also reversed bans on boxers from Russia and Belarus competing with national flags and anthems despite the war in Ukraine.
Great Britain will not participate in next month's Women’s World Boxing Championships in India over concerns about the participation of Russian athletes under their national flag.