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Russia Won't Air Summer Olympics Amid Ban On Athletes, Flag


Individual Russian athletes who do not support the war are allowed to participate but without the Russian tricolor on their uniform. Few have agreed to do so.
Individual Russian athletes who do not support the war are allowed to participate but without the Russian tricolor on their uniform. Few have agreed to do so.

Russia has decided not to show the 2024 Summer Olympics on national television after its teams were banned from participating in the widely watched event following its invasion of Ukraine. Moscow last refused to air the Olympics in 1984, when the Soviet Union boycotted the Games held in the United States. Individual Russian athletes who do not support the war are allowed to participate but without the Russian tricolor on their uniform. Only a few Russian athletes have agreed to the conditions. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Russian Service, click here.

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