Belarus 2025 Olympics News. Russians, belarusians to compete as ‘neutrals’ at 2024 paris olympics: Iryna kurachkina is an honored master of sports of belarus in freestyle wrestling.
The olympics governing body on june 15 approved 14 russians and 11 belarusians with neutral status to compete at the paris games this summer. The ioc had sanctioned russia and belarus after the february 2022 invasion but it is now eager to see athletes come back across all sports and have a chance to qualify for.