Russian athletes banned from World Championships Russian athletes have been barred from taking part at the forthcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, despite World Athletics approving applications of 18 Russian sports stars to compete under a neutral flag. World Athletics announced that Russians will be unable to compete at the event which runs from July 15 to 24 due to what they say is a “consequence of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine” - and added that the newly-approved neutral athletes will also be banned from the event. The decision falls in line with a previous declaration from World Athletics that athletes from both Russia and Belarus be indefinitely suspended from events due to the military operation conducted by Russia in Ukraine which began in late February. https://www.rt.com/sport/558722-world-athletics-russia-athletes/ Subscribe to RT https://zen.yandex.ru/id/62b96bde16a1a04caab91052