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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Dan Sabbagh

Russian and Belarusian Olympic athletes accused of supporting war in Ukraine

The Olympic rings in Paris.
Russia and Belarus have been banned from sending official teams to Paris because of the invasion of Ukraine but some neutral athletes can compete. Photograph: Michel Euler/AP

A human rights law firm has accused the International Olympic Committee of negligence after releasing a dossier of 17 Russian and Belarusian athletes due to compete at Paris, who it said had shown support for the war in Ukraine in breach of Olympic rules.

Global Rights Compliance, based in The Hague and Kyiv, said the athletes had either liked social media posts supporting the invasion of Ukraine, competed in pro-war competitions or were members of military-linked sports clubs.

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