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    EWF President urges IOC to abandon “Neutral Athlete” status
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    EWF President Urges IOC To Abandon “Neutral Athlete” Status

    By IANS News October 03, 2025 • 21:20 PM View: 380
    European Weightlifting Federation: To safeguard the athletes from countries that have been sanctioned and penalised by the leaders of the Olympic movement, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has created the category of "Neutral Athletes," allowing sportspersons from those nations to participate in major global events under the IOC flag.

    Currently, the status is used for sportspersons from Russia and Belarus as their national Olympic bodies are serving a suspension by the IOC since before the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games because of the war with Ukraine.

    But now the chief of a global sports body has called for the IOC to end this practice of having "Individual Neutral Athletes" at the Olympics -- Summer and Winter -- and other competitions conducted under its auspices.

    TAGS European Weightlifting Federation President Astrit Hasani Neutral Athlete International Olympic Committee Neutral Athletes Tokyo Olympic Games Individual Neutral Athletes Astrit Hasani President Kirsty Coventry Individual Neutral
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