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The Olympic website lists only one Russian wrestler as a competitor in Paris after nine other squad members refused. But a spokesperson for Russia’s wrestling federation said the athlete, 23-year-old ...
The list of Russian athletes who will head to the Paris Olympics later this month has thinned to just over a dozen, as several sports federation heads have said their squads will not take part ...
Russia takes pride in its record as a major sporting power at the Olympics. At the last summer Games in Tokyo in 2021, 335 Russian athletes competed, coming away with 71 medals including 20 golds.
The IOC previously said it invited 10 Russian wrestlers to the Paris Olympics and its website listed nine of them as having agreed to compete, with one who declined.
However, the Russian wrestlers are not the only ones boycotting Paris Olympics. While the IOC atleast allowed 10 Russian wrestlers to participate, they did not extend the same courtesy to the ...
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia said on Saturday that 10 of its wrestlers who were offered spots at the Paris Olympics as neutrals will refuse to compete. The Russian wrestling federation said in ...
The IOC website lists one Russian competitor in judo as having accepted an invitation. As of Sunday, the IOC website listed 23 Russian athletes in seven sports who it said had accepted invitations for ...