World Athletics president Lord Coe says Russian and Belarusian athletes will stay barred because of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine; the Worldwide Olympic Committee has beforehand spoken about discovering a means for these athletes to compete at Paris 2023
Final Up to date: 23/03/23 5:34pm
Russia won’t be able to take part in World Athletics occasions for the “foreseeable future”
Russian athletes will stay barred from observe and subject “for the foreseeable future” due to the nation’s invasion of Ukraine, World Athletics president Lord Coe has mentioned.
The Worldwide Olympic Committee is exploring a pathway for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals at subsequent yr’s Olympic Video games in Paris.
Nonetheless, it seems seemingly they won’t be able to characteristic in athletics – arguably the highest-profile Olympic sport.
Coe advised a press convention: “The World Athletics Council accepted to proceed to exclude Russian and Belarus athletes from all World Sequence occasions for the foreseeable future because of the invasion and ongoing conflict in Ukraine.”
The World Athletics Council has additionally determined to exclude transgender girls from feminine occasions.
Coe added: “The World Athletics Council has at the moment taken decisive motion to guard the feminine class in our sport and accomplish that by proscribing the participation of trans athletes.”