The World Triathlon Executive Board
has approved its support, in principle, for the IOC’s recommendation of a
return to competition of athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports in
international competitions and the lifting of the suspension applied to the
countries’ participations in World Triathlon events at the start of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.
Sanctions were put in place at the
start of March 2022 following the recommendation by the IOC and the principles
of the Olympic Charter to guarantee the safety of all athletes participating in
World Triathlon events.
In principle, World Triathlon
supports the development of a pathway for independent neutral individual
Athletes and Officials with Russian and Belarusian passports to participate in
our sports. World Triathlon will in consultation with the IOC and ASOIF work
towards developing the necessary independent review processes to allow and plan
for the return of these individuals to our competitions and events.
The Executive Board reaffirms its
solidarity with Ukraine in the face of the ongoing war with Russia, and that
the independence of any athlete or official was an absolute condition of their
returning to a World Triathlon event.
ABOUT WORLD TRIATHLON
World Triathlon is the international
governing body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of triathlon and all
related multisport disciplines around the world, including duathlon, aquathlon,
cross triathlon and winter triathlon. Triathlon made its Olympic debut in
Sydney 2000, with a third medal event, the Mixed Team Relay, added to the
programme at Tokyo 2020, while para triathlon was first added to the Paralympic
programme at Rio 2016. World Triathlon is proudly committed to the development
of the sport worldwide, with inclusion, equality, sustainability and
transparency at our core as we seek to help triathletes at all levels of the
sport to be extraordinary.
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