The International Golf Federation said Russian and Belarusian athletes can return to competing in international competitions as neutrals, while Germany’s second fencing event has been canceled since the ban on athletes from the two countries was lifted.
The IGF noted that no decision has been made on whether Russians or Belarusians can compete in next year’s Paris Olympics.
“The IOC has not taken a decision on the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and therefore the IGF Board of Directors has postponed any decision on their participation in the Olympic golf competitions,” the IGF said in a statement on Friday. .
The Olympic men’s and women’s golf course consists of 60 players with a qualification determined by the Olympic Golf Ranking. There are no Russians or Belarusians currently in the top 60 of the men’s or women’s rankings.
Meanwhile, the Olympic Fencing Club in Bonn has canceled its annual men’s World Cup film event, scheduled for November 10-12, with club president Gudrun Nittersheim telling the Sueddeutsche Zeitung that “a World Cup with Russian fencers would simply be inconceivable.” .
“This is a decision we made because there is an inhumane war going on. And we made it for all the athletes in the club,” Nittersheim said.
The German Fencing Federation previously canceled an event in Tauberbischofsheim.
The decision by fencing’s global governing body, the FIE, to readmit Russians and Belarusians prompted the Ukrainian Fencing Federation (NFFU) to say it would boycott all events involving fencers from the two countries, while hundreds of fencers have publicly stated their opposition in open session. letter.
The NFFU also lodged an appeal against the FIE’s decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Denmark, Norway and Poland canceled international events, while Norway said its fencers would not take part in events in which Russian and Belarusian athletes would compete.
The International Olympic Committee imposed sanctions on Russia and its ally Belarus after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but recommended in March that its athletes be allowed to return to international competition as neutrals.
Table tennis, pentathlon, judo, and taekwondo are among the other Olympic sports that have re-entered athletes from the two countries.
Reuters contributed to this report.