Despite sports bans, Russia is planning to attend the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

 Despite sports bans, Russia is planning to attend the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris

Even though many of the nation's athletes are still unable to compete in upcoming qualification competitions due to the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is making preparations for its athletes to reside and compete in the French capital when the Paris Olympics begin in 2024.

PARIS — With just two years until the start of the Paris Olympics, Russia is preparing its athletes to live and participate in the French capital, despite the fact that many of them are still ineligible for upcoming qualification competitions due to the conflict in Ukraine.

Stanislav Pozdnyakov, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee, tweeted on the Telegram messaging platform on Tuesday that the nation was striving to gain entrance for its athletes to qualification events and was already making preparations for the Olympic village in Despite sports bans, Russia is planning to attend the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

Even though many of the nation's athletes are still unable to compete in upcoming qualification competitions due to the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is making preparations for its athletes to reside and compete in the French capital when the Paris Olympics begin in 2024.

Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have banned participation in the majority of Olympic sports; others won't begin until the following year. Ukraine might boycott if sports federations ease their prohibitions on Russian athletes participation in international competitions including Olympic qualifiers.

The Russian team is still able to compete as neutral athletes without their flag or national anthem thanks to the International Judo Federation. As a result, when Olympic judo qualifying started last month, Ukraine declined to take part, specifically because it claimed that 11 of the 24 competitors on the Russian squad competing at the event were in the military.

Some won't begin until the next year. Ukraine might boycott if sports federations ease their prohibitions on Russian athletes participation in international competitions including Olympic qualifiers.