INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Only 15 Russian athletes will take part in the Paris Olympics after the International Olympic Committee banned athletes from Russia and
Belarus from competing under their own flag
Belarusian athletes to be eligible to compete
Netherlands-based Global Rights Compliance (GRC) watchdog accused all but five of the Russian athletes of violating the conditions that
would have allowed them to compete.The only athletes not included in the dossier are canoeist Zakhar Petrov, cyclist Gleb Syritsa and tennis
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term referencing the nationalist Ukrainian politician Stepan Bandera that Moscow frequently deploys to bolster its claim that it is
during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games.Sergei Bobylev / TASS Russian athletes competing in the Olympics as neutrals are prohibited from
links to the Russian Armed Forces
Swimmer Yevgeny Somov and tennis players Pavel Kotov and Olesya Romasenko have been members of a sports society run by the Russian Defense
Ministry which aims to develop a culture of sport within the military.Members of the Central Sports Club of the Army are required to take an
oath of allegiance to the Russian Armed Forces and undertake military service.Cyclist Tamara Dronova and canoeist Alexei Korovashkov were
identified as having links to Russian security agencies through their membership of the Dynamo sports society dedicated to the physical
training of FSB, Rosgvardiya and Foreign Intelligence Service personnel.The GRC also says that Dronova showed support for the invasion of
Ukraine by competing in a 2016 Russian cycling championship in Sevastopol and for training in Crimea
Olympic Charter by representing the breakaway Moldovan region of Transnistria
The GRC argues that because Transnistria is internationally recognized as part of Moldova, allowing Korovashkov to compete as a neutral
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