Belarus and Russia call on global community to give athletes access to all competitions

Belarus and Russia call on the global sports community to ensure that all athletes’ right to compete in all tournaments under their own flags is respected and to restore the Olympic movement’s independence, says the declaration adopted on Friday, October 18th in Ufa, at the joint meeting of athletes representing the National Olympics Committee of Belarus and the Russian Olympics Committee, sb.by reports with a link to the NOC Telegram channel

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“During their work meeting, Aliaksandr Bahdanovich and Yuri Borzakovsky, chairmen of athletes’ commissions from the two countries, pointed out the strengthening ties between Belarusian and Russian athletes. The number of joint events is growing constantly. Young athletes and youth tournaments also drew much attention,” NOC informed.

They added that the parties discussed their plans for 2025 which is promising to be no less eventful for both countries.

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