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For the IOC, the two Lukashenkos remain in the same basket A Lukashenko can hide another in Belarus. But the IOC is not mistaken. Meeting on Monday March 8th by videoconference, two days before the 137th session (March 10 to 12), the executive committee refused to recognise the election of Viktor (photo above, right), son of the head of State Alexander Lukashenko (on the left in the photo), as President of the National Olympic Committee. Last December, the Olympic body decided to dig into its sanctions drawer to respond to accusations of discrimination against Belarusian athletes by the rulin...

2021/03/09 01:45 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, speaks with his oldest son Viktor in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Viktor Lukashenko, who ad... Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, left, speaks with his oldest son Viktor in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. Viktor Lukashenko, who advises his father on national security, was previously the national Olympic body's vice president under his father, whose disputed victory in state elections last August led to ongoing protests in the former Soviet republic. The Belarusian Olympic Co...

Monday, 8 March 2021 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has refused to recognise the election of Viktor Lukashenko as President of the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the Republic of Belarus and Dmitry Baskov as a Board member. Viktor Lukashenko replaced his father Alexander, the Belarus President, as head of the body during the NOC's General Assembly last month. Both men were banned from attending the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games by the IOC in December after allegations of political discrimination towards athletes following protests against Lukashenko’s controversial re-election as...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC has refused to recognize the election of Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko’s son as the troubled country’s top Olympic official. Viktor Lukashenko was voted in last month to take over from his father as president of the Belarusian Olympic committee despite both being suspended by the IOC in December. The International Olympic Committee first intervened in fallout from widespread protests and a violent state crackdown since Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected president last August in a disputed poll widely seen as rigged. ADVERTISEMENT Belarus Ol...

Further to the IOC Executive Board decision of 7 December 2020 in relation to the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Belarus, the IOC has been