International olympic council

The IOC Executive Board: The Executive Board of the International Olympic Council (IOC) on Friday approved the participation of sportspersons from the suspended Russia and Belarus in the Olympic Games in Paris next year as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) with strict eligibility conditions in place.

The IOC Executive Board has decided that Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) who have qualified through the existing qualification systems of the International Federations (IFs) on the field of play will be declared eligible to compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 by the conditions decided by the IOC.

"Individual Neutral Athletes are athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport. The strict eligibility conditions based on the recommendations issued by the IOC EB on 28 March 2023 for International Federations and international sports event organisers will be applied," the IOC