World Athletics has extended the suspension for Russian and Belarusian athletes
World Athletics, the international athletics federation, has confirmed that Russian and Belarusian athletes will remain suspended from its competitions. The organization has no plans to change this policy in the near future.
This was stated by Olympic champion in track and field heptathlon Natalia Dobrynska at a press conference at Ukrinform, according to the agency’s correspondent.
“Some international sports federations, due to the easing of sanctions by the International Olympic Committee, have given the ‘green light’ to representatives of aggressor countries. But World Athletics, thanks to its president Sebastian Coe, has no intention of deviating from its principled stance on barring Russians and Belarusians from track and field competitions,” Dobrynska emphasized.
She noted that the overwhelming majority of prominent track and field athletes support this stance by World Athletics leadership.
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