UCI authorises participation of Russian athletes in World Championships

As the cycling federation announced, the athletes will be allowed to take part in international events such as the World Championships in Glasgow in August as "neutral individual athletes".

UCI wants to continue supporting cycling in Ukraine

The world governing body stated that the athletes must not be associated in any way with Russia or Belarus, their national federations or their National Olympic Committee. Every participant who wants to compete as a "neutral individual athlete" must go through a UCI procedure. At the same time, the federation announced that it would continue to support cycling in Ukraine financially.

In cycling, Russian and Belarusian athletes who are under contract with foreign teams are allowed to take part in races. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) had left the decision on Russia's return to competitions to the world federations. The regulations of the world federations differ greatly in view of the ongoing war of aggression.

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