Hard truths.
The move follows a decision by World Athletics in July to retain the restrictions, despite the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announcing that Russian athletes will be permitted to take part in team event...
The move comes after the IOC Executive Board provisionally lifted the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee on July 7, ruling that previous restrictions imposed in response to Russia's war in Ukraine were...
The policy states that eligibility for female categories will be determined “in the first instance” through testing for the presence or absence of the SRY gene—a genetic marker typically found on the Y chromoso...
"The IOC's principled position is very clear: all eligible athletes, teams and sports officials must be able to participate in international sports competitions and events without any form of discrimination fro...
Previously, only freestyle was raced over the sport's shortest distance despite all four strokes being on the schedule at world championships.
