INVESTIGATION – On the sidelines of the war in Ukraine, the International Olympic Committee has opened the door to the reintegration of Russian and Belarusian athletes into international competitions. A desire which, on the road to the Olympic Games, divides, tears.
Olympics under conditions or Games prohibited for Russians? Reflection has stirred the mysteries of the Olympic world for many months. On December 9, 2022, during the 11e Olympic summit, the International Olympic Committee evoked, in Lausanne, the possibility of the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international competitions.
On March 28, 2023, the IOC Executive Board went further, recommending, through the voice of its President, the German Thomas Bach, their reintegration into planetary trials. In Olympic semantics, words like silences have a precise scope: “It’s a recommendation made to international federations in relation to their competitions, world championships, world cups… It’s not in relation to the Olympic Games. On this point, the IOC has said that it will make a decision at the “appropriate time…”»underlines Jean-Loup Chappelet, honorary professor of public management at the Institute of Advanced Studies in Public Administration (Idheap) of…
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