Russia to send athletes to Olympics under neutral flag

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Source: The Hill

Russia’s Olympic Committee voted Tuesday to send its athletes to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics under a neutral flag after the country was banned from competing earlier this month, ABC News reported.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced last week that Russia was banned from competing in February’s games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in retaliation for a state-backed doping program the committee said Russia carried out in recent years.

Russia’s flag will not be flown at the games and its anthem will not be played during the opening ceremony. However, Russian athletes are still able to compete under a neutral flag and in a neutral uniform, assuming they pass a drug test, according to ABC News.

Alexander Zhukov, who heads Russia’s Olympic Gaming Committee, said Tuesday he expects roughly 200 athletes will compete in the games, ABC News reported. Any medals they win will not count toward Russia's medal count.


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Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/364583-russia-to-send-athletes-to-olympics-under-neutral-flag

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1. War on Neutrality

[C Moon]

2. Maybe they can send them under the GOP flag.

Putin's going to need to visit with Trump, so I'm sure he'll go.

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3. This is decent of them.

Legitimate athletes deserve to go to the Olympics.