Athletes from Russia and Belarus in almost every Olympic sport could soon be told they will be banned from competing at the 2024 Paris Games.
That's according to former International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president Sir Craig Reedie, who issued a warning as the two-year countdown to Paris gets underway. IOC members elected to ban all Russian and Belarusian athletes from competition indefinitely in late February following their role in the invasion of Ukraine.
Almost four months later and the siege of Ukraine is ongoing, and former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Reedie doesn't envision those athletes being allowed to compete anytime soon. Lawmakers in tennis, cycling and judo opted to allow Russian and Belarusian participants, though every other federation agreed to outlaw athletes from the two countries.
