The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned that boxing could be excluded from the Olympics due to links with Gazprom..

The IOC has already removed boxing from the provisional program for the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and has now announced that it may also exclude it from the Paris 2024 Games..

This may happen if the International Boxing Association (IBA) extends the contract with the Russian "

Recall that the contract with Gazprom was one of the first orders of the Russian Umar Kremlev when he became president of the organization in December 2020..

In mid-December, it became known that the IBA intends to extend the sponsorship agreement with Gazprom.

It should be noted that athletes have been competing in this sport at the Olympics since 1904, and Ukrainian boxers have repeatedly won various medals at the Olympic boxing tournament..

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Earlier it was reported that the well-known promoter refused to sign Russian boxers.