The IOC said Pavel Kotov, the 50th-ranked men’s player, and
Anna Kalinskaya, ranked No. 17, were invited to join the eight-person Russian
team for tennis in Paris. The players are competing as neutrals during the
military invasion of Ukraine.
The tournament is at Roland Garros from July 27-Aug. 4.
The top two Russian men’s players, No. 5 Daniil Medvedev and
No. 6 Andrey Rublev, had neither confirmed nor declined their invitations on
the International Olympic Committee’s updated list on Friday. Rublev is
reportedly not going to Paris for health reasons.
Olympic invitations were accepted by Roman Safiullin and
Ekaterina Alexandrova, the IOC said.
Governing bodies of Olympic sports and the IOC are vetting
individual athletes from Russia and its military ally Belarus to compete with
neutral status in Paris.
Athletes are being blocked if they expressed support for the
Russian invasion or had ties to sports clubs linked to the military or state
security services. AP
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