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IOC: about 40 Russians will be able to compete at the Olympics in Paris
The total number of Russian athletes at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris this year could be about 40 people. Reuters writes about this on Sunday, citing the opinion of the Vice-President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) John Coates.
According to Coates, he is not sure exactly how many neutral Russian athletes will compete in Paris, but reports that about 40 of them will come may be close to the truth.
Amid sanctions imposed over the Russian army's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and given that Belarus is considered one of Moscow's key allies, the IOC allowed only some Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in Paris under strict restrictions.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, commenting on this December decision of the IOC, called it “shameful.”