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Russia Olympic body to support neutral
Russian athletes at Winter Games
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[December 12, 2017]
By Gabrielle
Tetrault-Farber
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Olympic
Committee (ROC) will support Russian athletes who choose to compete in
next year's Winter Games in South Korea, ROC President Alexander Zhukov
said on Tuesday. |
Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) President Alexander Zhukov attends a
meeting on the country's participation at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter
Olympics, in Moscow, Russia December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov |
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) last
week banned Russia from the Games, due to take place in
Pyeongchang in February, for what it called "unprecedented
systematic manipulation" of the anti-doping system. It left the
door open for clean athletes to compete as neutrals.
An ROC official said on Monday most Russian athletes still
wanted to attend, even as neutrals. Zhukov said the ROC would do
its best to help Russian athletes competing at the Games and
would be holding serious talks with the IOC in the near future
to discuss the arrangement.
(Reporting by Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber; Writing by Jack Stubbs;
Editing by Peter Graff)
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