“Ineligible for failing to maintain Olympic ranking”
Russian and Belarusian equestrian athletes were virtually eliminated from participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) announced on the 26th (Korean time) that athletes from Russia and Belarus will not participate in the Paris Olympics because they do not meet the qualifications.
Previously, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) cleared the way for Russians, who invaded Ukraine, and athletes with Belarusian nationality who sympathized with them to participate in the Paris Olympics as individual neutrals.
In February last year, when Russia invaded Ukraine, the IOC recommended that the International Sports Federation (IF) not allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in international competitions, but withdrew its recommendation.
However, Russian and Belarusian athletes, who have been unable to compete in FEI-organized competitions since March 2022 due to international sports sanctions, were unable to accumulate the ranking points necessary to participate in the Paris Olympics.
According to Inside the Games, which mainly covers Olympic-related news, in order to participate in the Olympics as an individual in equestrian sports, you must maintain your Olympic ranking through competitions organized by the FEI from January 1 to December 31 of this year.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus were unable to participate in the Paris Olympics because they did not receive ranking points even though the IOC allowed them to participate with neutral individual qualifications.
The FEI declared that it would ban athletes from both countries from participating in hosted competitions next year and also maintain its policy of not holding competitions in either country.
The IOC allowed only athletes from Russia and Belarus who were not related to their country's military activities and who did not express support for the war in Ukraine to participate in the Paris Olympics.
Athletes from Russia and Belarus who pass the strict qualification requirements will participate in the Olympics under the name of Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). They cannot use their country's national flag or national anthem, and cannot participate in team or team games. 카지노사이트존