The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) allowed Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in a neutral status.

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The IWF would like to emphasize that this decision, also strongly supported by the IWF Athletes' Commission, represents the best possible balance between maintaining the IWF's standing position on solidarity with Ukraine and the need to preserve as many opportunities as possible for all individual neutral athletes to play sports, regardless of their nationality."

Recall that on March 28, the IOC returned Russians and Belarusians to international sports with a number of restrictions..

Individual athletes were allowed to compete, while the ban remains in place in team sports..

Sports federations will be able to enter only athletes who have not been seen actively supporting the war in Ukraine. The same condition applies to coaches and staff.. The participation of all Russian and Belarusian military personnel, as well as members of army organizations is prohibited..

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Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian master of sports in weightlifting died in the war against Russia.