How IOC decision on army-linked athletes cripples Russia Olympic hopes

How IOC decision on army-linked athletes cripples Russia Olympic hopes

Subject : International Relations

Section: International Organization

Context: The International Olympic Committee recommended individual athletes from Russia and Belarus should be allowed to return to competition under a neutral status as long as they have no military incantational Olympic Committee Concept :

• IOC was created on 23 June 1894. The first Olympic Games of the modern era opened in Athens on 6 April 1896.
• It is a not-for-profit independent international organisation.
• HQ: Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mandate:

• The IOC is the supreme authority of the Olympic Movement and is responsible for organising the modern Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
• The IOC is the governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic Movement. As of 2016, there are 206 NOCs officially recognised by the IOC.