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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sean Ingle and Nick Ames

IOC president gives clearest signal so far that Russia could be at 2028 Olympics

The IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, speaks to the Fifa president and IOC member Gianni Infantino in Milan
The IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, speaks to the Fifa president and IOC member Gianni Infantino in Milan. Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

The International Olympic Committee president, Kirsty Coventry, has given her clearest signal yet that Russia could be back for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.

A day after the Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, said he wanted Russia reinstated to international football, Coventry used her opening address to the 145th IOC congress in Milan to argue that all athletes should be allowed to compete in sport – regardless of their government’s behaviour.

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