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UEG denies Russian athletes permission to compete in Europe.

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This will likely make it difficult for Russia to qualify individual neutral athletes for the Olympics.

‘The General Assembly of European Gymnastics has voted against allowing athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus to return to official European Gymnastics competitions from 1 January 2024 onwards, thus not following the FIG decision.’


Via the UEG on Twitter

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  1. Anonymous14 December 2023 at 21:23

    Europe is an anachronism. It is time to ask Africa, Asia and South America for their opinions. Maybe even treat them as equals for a change, if we can bring ourselves to do so. They are 80% of the world's population after all

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  2. An Angry Aussie15 December 2023 at 13:49

    I have to admit it would be pretty cool to see a Russian gymnastics development programme in India

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