Biathlonfan 488 Posted March 6 #61 Share Posted March 6 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Monzanator said: ITF officially allows Russian & Belarussian players to compete as neutral athletes in Paris. Meanwhile where are those people who preached the liberal democracies will boycott the Olympics? https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/itf-statement-eligibility-of-russian-belarusian-athletes-at-paris-2024/ As i get it ,the Russians at the very least won't be in Paris because the heads over there refuse to go through another olympics without their flag being there.I assume some belarussians will be there,[they in particular are in the Pentahtlon world cup right now as''neutral athletes''] since the main issue is Russia,i would expect no one to go through on principles and actually boycott,Lithuania certainly will not now.[Not that it looked like anyone leading the sport stuff wanted to do it anyway]. Edited March 6 by Biathlonfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,311 Posted March 6 #62 Share Posted March 6 Tennis was always going to allow them to compete if they were allowed to do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,334 Posted March 7 #63 Share Posted March 7 (edited) 2 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Tennis was always going to allow them to compete if they were allowed to do so. And for tennis I think it makes some sense, the players are very loosely tied to their national federation and the Russian and Bielorissuan players on tour all seem to live in the US, the Caribbeans or in Western Europe anyway. Edited March 7 by NearPup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil betty 14 Posted March 7 #64 Share Posted March 7 10 hours ago, NearPup said: And for tennis I think it makes some sense, the players are very loosely tied to their national federation and the Russian and Bielorissuan players on tour all seem to live in the US, the Caribbeans or in Western Europe anyway. very true. I wonder if they will allow Russians and Belorussian doubles entrants. I would think that would fall under the IOC direction to not allow team entries, but maybe not. NearPup 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafa Maciel 1,493 Posted March 10 #65 Share Posted March 10 Ben Shelton is apparently likely to skip the Olympics, choosing to prioritise preparation for the US hard court season. Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 7,022 Posted March 10 #66 Share Posted March 10 8 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said: Ben Shelton is apparently likely to skip the Olympics, choosing to prioritise preparation for the US hard court season. Hardly surprising given his record on clay courts (and at Roland Garros) Adriano 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pasolini 172 Posted March 10 #67 Share Posted March 10 On 3/7/2024 at 9:09 AM, evil betty said: very true. I wonder if they will allow Russians and Belorussian doubles entrants. I would think that would fall under the IOC direction to not allow team entries, but maybe not. Reuters asked that and ITF said yes, but I haven't found anything official on that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Linha 510 Posted March 12 #68 Share Posted March 12 https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144165/russian-tennis-still-banned-paris-2024 This is very interesting article 😅😅😅. ITF has allowed Russian and Belorussian athletes to compete in Paris. But at the same time, non of them can do that. As one of the most important rule is to represent your country in Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup. And They weren't allowed to participate since 2021. So what now? They will try to apply for an exception? Would it actually work? I am wondering, is ITF playing this game to give the chance to make it to the Games but at the same time, they will find out that they won't make it? Josh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuizGuilherme 206 Posted March 12 #69 Share Posted March 12 It will be a shame if they cant play here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,311 Posted March 12 #70 Share Posted March 12 11 hours ago, Jan Linha said: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1144165/russian-tennis-still-banned-paris-2024 This is very interesting article 😅😅😅. ITF has allowed Russian and Belorussian athletes to compete in Paris. But at the same time, non of them can do that. As one of the most important rule is to represent your country in Davis Cup or Billie Jean King Cup. And They weren't allowed to participate since 2021. So what now? They will try to apply for an exception? Would it actually work? I am wondering, is ITF playing this game to give the chance to make it to the Games but at the same time, they will find out that they won't make it? They are obviously going to get an exception. The fact that Russia/Belarus were not allowed to participate will make it very easy to get one. "How could I get the requirements if my nation could not participate? I would have participated if my nation was allowed to do so." ITF barely enforces the requirements anyway. Josh, Pasolini and Makedonas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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