The IOC has invited eight top Russian tennis players plus Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus to compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Olympics. Some including Sabalenka already declined the expected offer. The Russian men invited to compete in the Olympic tournament from July 27-Aug. 4 are: Fifth-ranked Daniil Medvedev, No.
Russia’s Daniil Medvedev plays a shot against Australia’s Alex De Minaur during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris , Monday, June 3, 2024. Russia’s Daniil Medvedev , near side, plays a shot against Australia’s Alex De Minaur during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris , Monday, June 3, 2024.
The Russian women — Daria Kasatkina, Liudmila Samsonova, Ekaterina Aleksandrova and Mirra Andreeva — are ranked currently from No. 14 to 24, respectively.to avoid switching from Wimbledon on grass, back to clay at the Olympics, then to hard courts in August ahead of the U.S. Open. Rublev has reportedly cited health reasons to not go.
Tennis is the latest of the Olympic sports to have invitations to Paris confirmed as part of a vetting process to let some athletes from Russia and its military ally Belarus compete with neutral status in individual sports during theAttention: US teams tackling the challenge of ending an Olympic rugby sevens medal drought
The International Olympic Committee is overseeing vetting to block athletes who expressed support for the Russian invasion or had ties to sports clubs linked to the military or state security services.that a first round of 14 Russians and 11 Belarusians were eligible and invited to Paris, including in cycling, weightlifting and wrestling. Some invitations have been declined.
On Thursday, two athletes in rowing and two in shooting from Belarus were invited to compete in Paris, though none in modern pentathlon. Russia did not have entry quota places in those three sports.
Olympic Games Sports - Europe S Ludmilla Samsonova Andrey Rublev Daria Kasatkina Sports Daniil Medvedev Victoria Azarenka Paris Mirra Andreeva Roman Safiullin Aryna Sabalenka Ekaterina Alexandrova Karen Khachanov
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