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Canadian athletes have mixed feelings over Russians competing in Paris
A complex issue evokes complex feelings among Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic athletes bound for Paris.
The International Olympic and Paralympic committees allowing some Russian and Belarusian athletes entry into the 2024 Summer Games is a thorny topic.
The curtain had barely come down on the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing when Russia invaded Ukraine with Belarusian support.
The IOC will allow several athletes holding Russian and Belarusian passports who can prove they don’t support the invasion to compete as an “Individual Neutral Athlete” or AIN in the Olympic Games. In the Paralympic Games, they will compete as a Neutral Paralympic Athlete (NPA).