Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine said Wednesday that it had appealed against the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ease restrictions on Russian athletes, arguing the move was premature and violated the Olympic Charter.
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“On 28 July 2026, the NOC of Ukraine filed a Statement of Appeal with CAS (the Court of Arbitration for Sport) requesting that the IOC decision be annulled,” Ukraine’s National Olympic Committee said in a statement on its website.
It said the IOC’s decision contradicted the provisions of the Olympic Charter, was taken prematurely and failed to “take into account the factual circumstances that served as the basis for the suspension.”
Neither the IOC or Russia immediately commented on the appeal.
Several sporting bodies have approved the return of Russian athletes in recent months, after imposing restrictions on them in the wake of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine four years ago.
World Gymnastics lifted all its restrictions on Russian and Belarusian athletes in May, while the European Fencing Federation reinstated Russia in June.
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I’m all for removing Russian athletes from sports competitions because Russia invaded another country if they do the same for the USA… but since the 50s there hasn’t been a year the USA wasn’t attacking another country, and nothing ever happened, so fuck this hypocrisy.