Russia Has Turned Sports Into a Weapon
Cătălin Roșioru
When the 2026 Winter Olympic Games kick off in Italy on Feb. 6, there will be no participation from Russian teams and very limited participation from individual Russian athletes competing as “neutrals.” The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is continuing the ban imposed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and has mandated extra screening of athletes in sports whose federations have allowed Russians to compete as “individual neutral athletes.” The IOC also suspended the Russian
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