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I don’t understand why Russia would bother to try to register for Worlds,  as they had said they didn’t want individual athletes to take up neutral status.  Russia is effectively banned from competing as a team internationally in all Olympic sports.

Via Sports Express, Google translate.


❗Russia has applied to participate in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships


The preliminary application for the World Championships, which will be held in late October in Jakarta (Indonesia), includes 14 neutral athletes, eight men and six girls. A maximum of six men and four girls can be registered from a country for this World Championships. Thus, at least two men and two girls have been registered from Russia, provided that Belarus has used its full quota. However, it is possible that each country has registered four men and three girls.


On April 5, representatives of all Russian gymnastics disciplines announced that they were refraining from international competitions due to unjustified denials of neutral status to some gymnasts of the national team.


Source: https://www.sport-express.ru/artistic-gymnastics/news/rossiya-podala-zayavku-na-uchastie-v-chempionate-mira-po-sportivnoy-gimnastike-2332861/



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  1. Anonymous7 June 2025 at 22:56

    Because they have done nothing wrong. It's not difficult

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