The participation of transgender athletes in women’s sports has been a hotly debated topic that gained significant attention in the media in 2021 following the emergence of former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, a transgender woman. The discussion has since prompted several sports governing bodies to re-examine their existing
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Russian, Belarusian athletes to be excluded from Olympics opening ceremony, IOC announces
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IOC hits Russian Olympic Committee with indefinite suspension after absorbing Ukrainian sports councils
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) was suspended indefinitely on Thursday after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) found that it violated the Olympic Charter by incorporating four councils from eastern Ukraine last week. The IOC Executive Board came to the decision to suspend the ROC immediately and indefinitely after Thursday’s meeting
IOC invites Ukrainian fencer to 2024 Olympics after being disqualified from worlds over handshake controversy
A day after four-time Olympic medalist Olga Kharlan was disqualified from the 2023 Fencing World Championships for refusing to shake hands with her Russian opponent, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has now guaranteed her place in the 2024 Olympic Games. IOC president Thomas Bach said in a letter addressed to
The IOC says it will not invite Russia and Belarus to the 2024 Olympics in Paris
The Russian national flag, right, flies after it is hoisted next to the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 23, 2014. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption toggle caption Matthias Schrader/AP The Russian national flag, right, flies after it is hoisted next to
Russia, Belarus not officially invited to 2024 Paris Olympics, IOC says
The International Olympic Committee will send out invitations for the 2024 Paris Olympics later this month, but Russia and Belarus will be among the nations that will not be included. The IOC announced Thursday that while a formal decision regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at next year’s
IOC derecognizes International Boxing Association, sport will remain for 2024 Paris Games
The International Boxing Association was banished from the Olympic family on Thursday, ending a years-long dispute fueled by defying advice and instructions from the IOC. Boxing, however, will keep its status as an Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Games. The International Olympic Committee voted to derecognize the IBA at
Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko, brother of Kyiv mayor, rips IOC for allowing Russians to compete
The International Olympic Committee has established regulations for Russian and Belarusian athletes when they compete, but they aren’t enough for Ukrainian boxing legend Wladimir Klitschko. Athletes from Russia or Belarus must compete under a neutral status and have no military links, and anyone who has shown support for the invasion
Peng Shuai Meets IOC Chief at Winter Olympics
BEIJING — Peng Shuai, the Chinese language tennis participant who largely disappeared from public life after making sexual abuse accusations in opposition to a political official in November, held a non-public assembly with Thomas Bach, the president of the Worldwide Olympic Committee, in Beijing. The 2 had dinner on Saturday
I.O.C. Seeks Solutions After 2 Medalists from China Wore Mao Pins
The Worldwide Olympic Committee stated it was investigating a possible breach of Olympic rules after two cyclists from China wore pins bearing the silhouette of Mao Zedong in a medal ceremony. The small pink and gold pins — as soon as ubiquitous symbols representing Mao’s three-decade rule over China —