Russian Olympic Body Suspended Over Inclusion of Ukraine Regions
The headquarters of International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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The International Olympic Committee suspended Russia’s representative after it tried to include regional organizations under the sports authorities of Ukraine.
Russia’s Olympic Committee attempted to include the regional sports organisations of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia last week, a move the IOC said was a breach of the “territorial integrity” of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, according to a statement on Thursday.