The International Olympic Committee is overseeing vetting to block athletes who expressed support for the Russian invasion
Russia's Daniil Medvedev, near side, plays a shot against Australia's Alex De Minaur during their fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on June 3.The IOC invited eight top Russian tennis players plus Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus on Thursday to compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Olympics – though some already declined the expected offer.
The Russian women – Daria Kasatkina, Liudmila Samsonova, Ekaterina Aleksandrova and Mirra Andreeva – are ranked currently from No. 14 to 24, respectively. Tennis is the latest of the Olympic sports to have invitations to Paris confirmed as part of a vetting process to let some athletes from Russia and its military ally Belarus compete with neutral status in individual sports during the invasion of Ukraine.
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