The International Olympic Committee lifts its ban on Russian athletes, allowing them to take part in the upcoming Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, after previously being banned from competing under its own flag for doping and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The development was among the significant sport stories being followed from World. Contemporary coverage attributed the principal details to The Guardian on 7 July 2026.
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