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Paris mayor backs Russian Olympic reintegration

The IOC has said it is investigating means to reinstate and to Olympic competition

Mayor Anne Hidalgo looks on during a joint press conference between IOC, Paris 2024 and LA2028 during the131th IOC Session © Getty Images / Buda Mendes/Getty Images

Measures designed to provide a framework for the return of Russia and Belarus to the Olympic fold have received the backing of Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of the 2024 host city Paris.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced this week that it was investigating methods of overseeing the reinstatement of both countries, eleven months after it imposed a wide-ranging suspension following the onset of hostilities with Ukraine.

It also said athletes would be disqualified from competition if they expressed support for the military action.

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The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) on Thursday formally invited athletes from both countries to participate in the Asian Games in September, which would provide a pathway for Russians and Belarusians to qualify for the and remove a major obstacle to both countries’ participation in Paris in 2024.

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However, this doesn’t appear to be an opinion shared by Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris and a figure who has been central to Olympic preparations ahead of the city’s first hosting of the Games in a century.

“I think it’s a time for athletes and that you shouldn’t deprive athletes of their competition,” she told French media.

“But I think and I plead, like a large part of the sporting movement, that there isn’t a delegation behind the Russian banner.

“Of course the Games are taking place in a geopolitical time. I hope the war in Ukraine will be behind us when we welcome the Paris Games.”

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