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Paris Olympics bosses plan to include 'neutral' Russian and Belarusian athletes

A supporter waves a Russian flag in front of the International Olympic Committee's headquarters in Switzerland on 5 December 2017. © FABRICE COFFRINI - AFP

Organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics have confirmed they are thrashing out plans to allow Russian athletes into the event as "neutrals", despite calls from the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to ban them due to the conflict between the two countries.

Bosses at the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which oversees the four-yearly event, said it had a unifying mission during a time of war.

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