COC to participate in talks about Russian and Belorussian athletes at Paris Games

Czech Olympic Committee chairman Jiří Kejval said he wanted to actively participate in negotiations on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Speaking to journalists on Monday, he stressed that the COC was against their participation in the games.

Mr Kejval previously initiated the creation of an expert group to try to find legal grounds on the basis of which athletes from countries involved in the war in Ukraine would not be allowed to participate in Paris.

The decision on whether the athletes from Russia and Belarus will take part at the Paris Games is up to the International Olympic Committee's executive board, which has no Czech representatives.