各国際競技連盟、ロシア勢のパリ五輪中立参加をＩＯＣに要請

【ローザンヌＡＦＰ＝時事】各国際競技連盟と各国の五輪委員会が５日、スイスのローザンヌで行われた五輪サミットで、ロシアとベラルーシの中立の立場でのパリ五輪参加を「できる限り早く」決めるよう、国際オリンピック委員会（ＩＯＣ）に要請した。また選手の代表は、この件での「明確さ」も求めている。（写真は五輪のロゴマーク〈資料写真〉）
　ロシアと同盟国ベラルーシのパリ五輪参加について、ＩＯＣはまだ最終判断を下しておらず、「適切な時期」に判断するというスタンスを続けている。
　２０２２年２月のウクライナ侵攻以後、ロシアと同盟国ベラルーシはさまざまな競技で制裁を科されてきたが、ここ１年は多くの競技で制限が緩和され、特定の条件での復帰が認められている。
　３月にはＩＯＣが、戦争を支持しない軍と無関係の両国の個人選手を中立の立場で復帰させるよう勧告。この日の声明では、ＩＯＣは「個人の中立選手（ＡＩＮｓ）の五輪参加は、現行の厳しい条件下でのみ認められる。各国際連盟が定めた予選のシステムや競技の出場枠が、ロシアとベラルーシのパスポート（旅券）を持つ選手のために変更されることはない」と発表した。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/12/06-16:05）

Representatives of international sports federations and national Olympic committees on Tuesday called for Russian and Belarusian athletes to be admitted under a neutral flag for the 2024 Games in Paris as soon as possible.
During the Olympic summit in Lausanne, athlete representatives also asked for clarity on the issue, according to a statement published after the meeting.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) still has to make a final ruling on whether athletes from Russia and Belarus, a key ally for Moscow in its offensive on Ukraine, will be permitted to compete next summer.
The IOC has repeated its stance that a decision will be taken at the appropriate time.
Athletes from the two countries have faced sanctions from a multitude of sports since Russia launched its assault on Ukraine in February of 2022.
However, over the past year a number of Olympic sports have eased restrictions, allowing them to return to competition under certain conditions.
In March, the IOC lifted an outright ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes, allowing them to compete as neutral athletes provided they did not support the Ukraine conflict and had no ties to the military.
The IOC on Tuesday confirmed that the participation of such AINs (individual neutral athletes) in the Olympic Games could happen only under the existing strict conditions.
Neither the qualification system developed by the respective International Federations nor the number of allocated quota places to a sport will be changed for AINs with a Russian or Belarusian passport, it added.
The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) on October 12 for violating the territorial integrity of the membership of Ukraine by recognising illegally annexed territories.
ROC has recognised regional organisations from four Ukrainian territories annexed since Russia's invasion began in 2022.
Russia's Olympic body last month launched an appeal against its suspension by the IOC at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
In September, officials voted to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at next year's Paralympics under a neutral flag after deciding against an outright ban.