National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman has told the
International Ice Hockey Federation that "certain things are going to
have to be done" to ensure its players compete at the Milan Cortina
2026 Winter Olympics.
The International Ski Mountaineering Federation Council has approved
full membership status for the Ukrainian Mountaineering and Climbing
Federation so that their athletes can be ranked in official
competitions during the 2022-23 season.
International Olympic Committee member Kirsty Coventry has welcomed
the move to facilitate the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes
at sports events and their inclusion at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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Professional boxing great Wladimir Klitschko has claimed the
International Olympic Committee will be complicit in the war in
Ukraine if it allows athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete at
the Paris 2024 Olympics.