A disappointing Olympic decision on Russia

By Lucja Swiatkowski Cannon

Published April 3, 2023 3:15pm ET

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A disappointing Olympic decision on Russia — The flame of the Olympic cauldron is viewed through a glass panel with a sticker of the Olympic rings at a food court in Olympic Park in Sochi, Russia, during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) | Julio Cortez

On March 28, the International Olympic Committee made a proposal to allow Russian athletes to compete in the Paris Olympics under a neutral flag as long as they did not explicitly support the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In view of past strong objections to its proposal, the committee offered to establish a screening panel, which would determine compliance and exclude those associated with the military.

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