In view of the approaching decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024, Athletes Germany eV doubts “the effectiveness of the doping control regime for Russian athletes”.
Referring to the alleged 10,500 doping samples that were collected from Russian athletes this year, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes as so-called “individual neutral athletes” at the so-called “Olympic Summit” in Lausanne on Tuesday “The prospect of taking part in the games in Paris.
Several participants in the meeting of top officials of the IOC, international associations and the national Olympic committees of the United States and China, which IOC President Thomas Bach established during his term of office, which was not provided for in the Olympic Charter, were asked to decide whether to participate. to decide as soon as possible”.
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These demands were part of an “orchestrated chain of action, the next steps of which represent conference formats that have already been scheduled by the IOC with stakeholder groups, including athlete representatives,” explained Athletes Germany when asked by the FAZ: “This ‘playbook’ took place in a similar way last year Form before the IOC’s recommendations for neutral athletes from Russia were published in the spring.” Athletes Germany eV has been calling for the complete exclusion of Russia from world sport since the attack on Ukraine.
