March 28, 2023
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, left, World Athletics CEO Jon Ridgeon, center, and Head of the World Athletics Russia Taskforce Group Rune Andersen attend a press conference at the conclusion of the World Athletics meeting at the Italian National Olympic Committee headquarters in Rome, Nov. 30, 2022. Track and field leaders signaled Thursday, March 23, 2023, that it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues. The World Athletics Council kept its ban on Russian athletes in international events in place “for the foreseeable future.” Photo: Gregorio Borgia/AP
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