{"id":1148575,"date":"2024-03-12T10:47:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinglife.ng\/?p=1148575"},"modified":"2024-03-12T10:47:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T09:47:05","slug":"paris-2024-russian-tennis-players-not-to-participate-despite-suspension-lifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinglife.ng\/paris-2024-russian-tennis-players-not-to-participate-despite-suspension-lifted\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris 2024: Russian tennis players not to participate despite suspension lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has lifted the ban on Russians and Belarusians from the Games, but its rules would prevent them from qualifying because of an impossible requirement they cannot meet due to suspensions in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ITF announced the end of the ban on Russian and Belarusian tennis players for the Paris 2024 Olympics on Wednesday, a decision that appeared to open the doors to both nations, albeit as neutrals. The world governing body of tennis was unequivocal in an official statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee will allow qualified and eligible athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as Individual Neutral Athletes (‘INA’) and at the Paralympic Games as Neutral Paralympic Athletes (‘NPA’),” it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The ITF’s decision is in line with that of the majority of International Federations (IFs) for the individual sports and that will be involved in the Paris 2024 Games this summer. The ITF’s position is also in line with the existing international tennis policy adopted in March 2022,” the statement concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n