JRL NEWSWATCH: “Olympic sports leaders meet amid uncertainty over Russians competing at 2024 Paris Games” – AP
“Complex questions about if — and how — Russian athletes could return to … competition[] ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics looked far from being resolved when sports governing bodies met Wednesday. Different sports have varying sporting, political and logistical pressures, and there’s a lack of clarity about how to define neutral status for Russian and Belarusian athletes that is mandatory for their return …. Ultimately, the IOC can choose to bar Russia from its Olympics, and [IOC president Thomas] Bach said in March such a decision could be taken
‘at the appropriate time at its full discretion.'”