Russian athletes allowed to take part Olympics closing ceremony despite banishment over Ukraine war
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Neutral athletes from Russia, Belarus can take part in closing ceremony, says IOC
PARIS : Russian and Belarusian athletes, competing at the Paris Olympics as neutral individual athletes without their flag and emblem, will be allowed to take part in the Games closing ceremony on Sunday, the International Olympic Committee said on Saturday.
Top-seed Coco Gauff ousted by Diana Shnaider in Canadian Open quarterfinals
Coco Gauff wasn't interested in excuses.
2 former Canada world junior players charged with sexual assault sign with top Russian league
Two of the five former Team Canada world junior hockey team players awaiting trial on charges in connection with an alleged group sexual assault from 2018 have signed contracts to play in the Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).
Tsimanouskaya says she endured hard years after defection from Belarus
PARIS : Three years after she defected from her native Belarus at the Tokyo Games, sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says she rebuilt her life from scratch to compete in the Paris Olympics but wished her parents could have been there to see her run.
Aryna Sabalenka Beats Victoria Azarenka To Reach Washington Open Semi-Final
Aryna Sabalenka withstood a shaky second set to defeat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 6-4 in a Friday showdown of two-time Australian Open champions to reach the Washington Open semi-finals. Third-ranked Sabalenka fired eight aces in the matchup of Belarus rivals at the WTA and ATP hardcourt tuneup for the US Open. "Always tough battles against her," Sabalenka said. "She always brings the best fight she can. I always enjoy playing against her. Just super happy to get through this tough match.
No Anthem, No Flag As Belarusian Wins Paris Olympics Gold
Ivan Litvinovich from Belarus on Friday became the first athlete competing as a neutral at the Paris Olympics to win gold -- but it will not appear in the official medals table. The 23-year-old retained his title in the men's trampoline final, with China's Wang Zisai and Yan Langyu taking silver and bronze. Athletes from Russia and ally Belarus are competing under a neutral banner after being banned from world sport following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has overseen their gradual return under a neutral banner and under strict conditions.
'No one is against us' in Olympic village, Russian neutral athlete says
PARIS :A Russian competing in trampoline gymnastics said on Friday that Russians and Belarusians competing like her as neutral athletes had not faced any disparaging comments from other athletes so far during the Paris Olympics.