{"id":58490,"date":"2025-11-27T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/international-judo-federation-drops-ban-on-russian-athletes-competing-under-their-national-flag\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T12:54:07","slug":"international-judo-federation-drops-ban-on-russian-athletes-competing-under-their-national-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/international-judo-federation-drops-ban-on-russian-athletes-competing-under-their-national-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"International Judo Federation drops ban on Russian athletes competing under their national flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The International Judo Federation has decided to allow Russian athletes to compete under their national flag again in its competitions starting this weekend, the IJF said Thursday, despite the ongoing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">war in Ukraine<\/a><\/span> that, for years, had forced them to take part under a neutral banner.<\/p>\n<p>The IJF executive committee voted to &#8220;reinstate full national representation&#8221; of Russian athletes, with their anthem and symbols, beginning with the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, taking part from Nov. 28 \u2013 30.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Athletes have no responsibility for the decisions of governments or other national institutions, and it is our duty to protect the sport and our athletes,&#8221; the IJF said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Contacted by CBS News, the IJF declined to offer any further explanation for the reversal in policy.<\/p>\n<p>Following President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s orders to launch the ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022 \u2014 escalating the war he refers to as only a &#8220;special military operation&#8221; \u2014 many Russian athletes have been banned from entering competitions in various sports, or barred from competing under the Russian flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/27\/262a1979-4df6-4221-8962-a25862f60de9\/thumbnail\/620x486\/0669be28578e23ac6232a10e1381d110\/gettyimages-1124908114.jpg#\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin attends judo trainings in Sochi \" height=\"486\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/27\/262a1979-4df6-4221-8962-a25862f60de9\/thumbnail\/620x486\/0669be28578e23ac6232a10e1381d110\/gettyimages-1124908114.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/27\/262a1979-4df6-4221-8962-a25862f60de9\/thumbnail\/1240x972\/d827bc2800e6bcb93245ec2b989c618c\/gettyimages-1124908114.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Russian President Vladimir Putin is known to be a keen judoka. FILE PHOTO<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mikhail Svetlov \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Russian Olympic Committee has been suspended since 2023 by the International Olympic Committee for breaking the Olympic charter by using an administrative land grab to incorporate regional sports bodies in occupied eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russians will be allowed to compete at next year&#8217;s Milan-Cortina Winter Games, but the IOC will maintain the system it used at the 2024 Paris Games, permitting them to compete only as individual, neutral athletes, not for Team Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Sergey Soloveychik, president of the Russian judo federation, praised what he called an &#8220;historic decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to the IJF for this long-awaited, fair and courageous decision,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The IJF said it had previously reinstated full national representation for Belarusian athletes. <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lithuania-belarus-russia-nato-hybrid-warfare-balloons-shut-down-vilnius-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Belarus<\/a><\/span> has allowed Moscow to use its territory as a staging ground for the invasion of Ukraine, and later allowed the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/belarus-russia-nuclear-weapons-war-lukashenko-putin-hiroshima-nagasaki\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deployment of Russian tactical nuclear missiles<\/a><\/span> on its soil.<\/p>\n<p>The IJF said it now considers it &#8220;appropriate to allow the participation of Russian athletes under equal conditions,&#8221; emphasizing that the sport &#8220;cannot allow itself to become a platform for geopolitical agendas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/27\/5967f2f9-3669-4bab-9beb-5474e7e9b64e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/95b66ab6a14dd7b0b3163aba331845db\/gettyimages-2165271059.jpg#\" alt=\"Tennis - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 9 \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/27\/5967f2f9-3669-4bab-9beb-5474e7e9b64e\/thumbnail\/620x413\/95b66ab6a14dd7b0b3163aba331845db\/gettyimages-2165271059.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/11\/27\/5967f2f9-3669-4bab-9beb-5474e7e9b64e\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/21997a0a06d36d056a76d4318d3b2995\/gettyimages-2165271059.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider became silver medallists as Team Individual Neutral Athletes 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his most senior title in world sports.<\/p>\n<p>The IJF cited &#8220;the ongoing war conflict in Ukraine&#8221; in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/international-judo-federation-strips-titles-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">suspending Putin&#8217;s honorary president status<\/a><\/span> in the federation, and Soloveychik, who at the time was president of the European Judo Union, resigned from his post.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async 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