Athletes from Russia and Belarus will be able to participate in the tennis competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which opens in July this year, as neutral countries.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced on the 7th (Korean time), “If athletes from Russia and Belarus meet the qualification requirements set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the ITF, they can participate in the Paris Olympics as individual athletes from neutral countries.” revealed.
If a player from a neutral country participates, the use of the national flag or national anthem is prohibited. Additionally, if you express your support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, you will be restricted from participating.
Athletes with ties to the military activities of either country, such as those sponsored by the Russian or Belarusian military, are also prohibited from participating. 파워볼사이트
Russia, which invaded Ukraine, and Belarus, which sympathized with it, have been subject to international sports sanctions since February 2022.
However, in March last year, the IOC approved allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes who are not related to their country’s military activities and who do not express support for the war in Ukraine to participate in the qualifying events for each event at the Paris Olympics as individuals and as members of neutral countries.
Currently, on the men’s and women’s professional tennis tours, players from Russia and Belarus are competing as neutral countries. Therefore, the prevailing view was that they would be able to participate in the Paris Olympics.
A country can send up to four players to this year’s Paris Olympics tennis men’s and women’s singles based on world rankings as of early June this year.
Top ranking players from both countries include Daniil Medvedev (4th place) and Andrey Ljublev (5th place, Russia) in men’s singles, and Arina Sabalenka (2nd place, Belarus) in women’s singles. 슬롯