April 8 : The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) have said they will make cash payments to 116 athletes from the country who were unable to compete at the Milano Cortina Winter Games this year. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Games following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but some were allowed to compete in Italy as neutrals, without a national flag or anthem. Russian Sports Minister and ROC chairman Mikhail Degtyarev

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