Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Individual Neutral Athletes at the
2024 Summer Olympics
Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Flag.svg
The final version of the AIN flag assigned by the IOC on 19 March 2024
IOC code AIN
NOC Athlètes Individuels Neutres
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors32 in 10 sports
Flag bearer N/A (did not participate in Parade of Nations)
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Empire (1900–1912)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1952–1988)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team (1992)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (1994–2016)
Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC (2020–2022)
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (1996–2020)

Individual Neutral Athletes [lower-alpha 1] is the name used to represent approved individual Russian and Belarusian athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned those nations' previous designations due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 that is still ongoing as of 2024. The IOC country code is AIN, from the French athlètes individuels neutres. [1]

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The delegation was banned from using the Olympic flag and Olympic anthem, which was the usual custom for neutral designated athletes in previous games. They instead used a teal flag depicting a circular AIN emblem and a one-off instrumental anthem, both assigned by the IOC. [2] [3] [4] Individual neutral athletes must be first background checked and then approved by each sport's international federation, and then by a special panel created by the IOC. [5] As individual athletes, the delegation did not take part in the parade of nations during the opening ceremony, nor was listed as a delegation in the official medal tables. [3]

While the flag uses the singular wording "Individual Neutral Athlete", the IOC uses the plural wording "Individual Neutral Athletes" in prose. [6]

Background

The "draft" emblem of the AIN flag assigned by the IOC on 8 December 2023. The provisional flag was proposed to be white with the emblem. Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Logo.svg
The "draft" emblem of the AIN flag assigned by the IOC on 8 December 2023. The provisional flag was proposed to be white with the emblem.

Timeline

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, which began shortly after the 2022 Winter Olympics, the IOC banned Russia and Belarus [lower-alpha 2] and recommended that other international sporting organizers do the same on 28 February 2022. [8] Accordingly, Russian and Belarusian athletes were banned from the 2022 Winter Paralympics.

On 25 January 2023, the IOC published a statement supporting the idea that Russian and Belarusian athletes could be allowed to compete as neutrals, as long as they did not "actively" support the war and as long as Russian and Belarusian flags, anthems, colors, and names were disallowed (thus banning the alternate designations used by Russia in 2018 and 2020). [9]

On 28 March 2023, the IOC introduced the AIN name and narrowed the requirements down to individual athletes, disallowing any teams of Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing. For events organized by an international federation (IF) other than the IOC, the IOC recommended using no flag at all (or if not possible, the event's flag, the IF's flag, or the letters "AIN") and the event's anthem or the IF's anthem. [10] Federations that did not have French as an official language still used the AIN name. [11] The IOC also donated $5 million to the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. [12]

On 22 September 2023, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned the Russian flag and anthem from international sporting events for a second time [lower-alpha 3] due to Russian legislation and RUSADA failing to comply with the World Anti-Doping Code, overlapping with the Olympic Truce ban. WADA announced that the ban would not be lifted until "the non-conformities related to national legislation are corrected in full." [13] [14]

On 12 October 2023, the IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee until further notice, overlapping with the other two bans, due to its violation of the Olympic Charter due to its inclusion of the regional Olympic Councils of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Luhansk into the Russian Olympic Committee. [15] [16] At the time of its violation of the Olympic Charter, Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov had said he did not see any problems with the incorporation of the former Ukrainian regional IOCs into the Russian IOC [17] The Russian Olympic Committee responded to its suspension by saying that the IOC had not issued a similar suspension after the Russian Olympic Committee annexed a sporting entity in Crimea in 2014, to which IOC President Thomas Bach remarked, "this argument was a little bit, 'Why did you not sanction us already, earlier?'" [18]

On 8 December 2023, the IOC published a "draft" version of the AIN flag depicting a colorless emblem on a white background, and stated that they would decide on a different neutral anthem at a later date. The IOC also officially stated that the AIN designation would apply to the Paris 2024 games, and that official medal tables would exclude AIN. [7]

On 19 March 2024, the IOC updated the AIN flag to teal text and a teal background, [2] and published an instrumental anthem "produced solely for this purpose." [3] The IOC also stated that as independent athletes, AIN will not participate as a delegation during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony, but the athletes would still "be given the opportunity to experience the event". [19] [20]

Controversies

Ukrainian officials have criticized the IOC for not banning Russia despite it violating the Olympic Truce three times, while others have alternately criticized the IOC for applying rules against Russia which aren't applied against other countries. [21]

In particular, the requirement that athletes must not actively support the war has been described as "ineffectual". For example, Russian IOC member Yelena Isinbayeva was cleared as "not linked with the Russian military and not supporting the invasion", despite being pictured in military uniform and receiving military promotions, and despite pro-Russian citizens expressing anger at Isinbayeva after she claimed in defense that she had "never been in the service of the armed forces". [18] On 29 December 2023, an open letter signed by 261 Ukrainian athletes contained evidence that three of the six [22] Russian athletes cleared at that time to participate had in fact actively supported the war, such as by participating in a pro-war rally in March 2022, or starring in a propaganda video explicitly stating and drumming up support for the Russian military. [23]

A compromise suggestion by Poland, where Russians and Belarusians could compete if they were dissidents, was not acted upon by the IOC. [24]

In December 2023, Russian Olympic Committee president Stanislav Pozdnyakov directly threatened any Russian athlete who may choose to participate as a "neutral" at the 2024 Olympics, saying: "As the head of the ROC, I voice a clear position: ... We live in a free state... But... we strongly recommend that you thoroughly understand ... the extent and consequences of the personal responsibility assumed." [25]

In June 2024, Dmitry Chernyshenko, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia for Tourism, Sport, Culture and Communications, stated that Russian athletes would not violate Russian law by competing in Paris as neutrals and encouraged them to participate. [26] However, despite Chernyshenko's encouragement, the Russian Wrestling Federation decided on 6 July to boycott the Games after most of its leading athletes were deemed ineligible to compete by the IOC. This followed the decision taken by the Russian Judo Federation over the same concerns. [27] [28]

Some individuals, such as Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestine Olympic Committee, have asserted that athletes from Israel should also have to compete as neutral due to the country's ongoing military actions in the Gaza Strip, highlighting what he calls "double standards". [21]

Media coverage

The main Russian and Belarusian broadcasters (such as Belteleradio, Channel One Russia, Match TV, [29] and VGTRK) did not broadcast or acknowledge the Olympic and Paralympic Games, except for brief summaries and negative coverage as part of their criticism of the Western world. [30] [31] This is the first time since 1984 that there was no official coverage of the Games in the two former Soviet countries, when a similar approach was used during the Games in Los Angeles.

Many Russian newspapers and websites, along with Kremlin officials, also adopted a negative view of the Games by cherry picking and accentuating any flaw they could identify: for example, the media accentuated the crime and the "inconvenience" of the security measures, while the Russian Foreign Ministry complained about the weather and the inclusion of the LGBTQ community during the opening ceremony. [32]

The Associated Press noted on 27 July 2024 that Belarusian and Russian viewers depended on satellite channels and streaming services of neighbouring countries (such as Kazakhstan) to get reasonable coverage of the Games, [33] with the Moscow Times noting a rise in social media channels touting pirated streams to Belarusian and Russian viewers. [29] Without an official broadcaster in Russia, the IOC made their Olympics.com streaming service available to viewers in said country. [34]

Medals summary

Tougher restrictions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine resulted in the Russian faction of the delegation winning only one silver medal, compared to 20 gold, 28 silver and 23 bronze medals as the Russian Olympic Committee at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Belarus saw a less severe decline in the tally, with one fewer silver and two fewer bronze medals compared to the previous Summer Olympics. [35] [36]

Ivan Litvinovich, who represented Belarus at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was the only athlete from the delegation to defend their Olympic title, winning his second gold medal in the men's trampoline, as well as the only gold for the delegation. [37]

Medalists

MedalNameCountrySportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ivan Litvinovich Belarus Gymnastics Men's trampoline 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya Belarus Gymnastics Women's trampoline 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Yauheni Zalaty Belarus Rowing Men's single sculls 3 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mirra Andreeva
Diana Shnaider 		Russia Tennis Women's doubles 4 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Yauheni Tsikhantsou Belarus Weightlifting Men's – 102 kg 10 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

AIN team had 32 competitors from the following nations:

  1. Belarus – 17 competitors
  2. Russia – 15 competitors

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing the Individual Neutral Athletes that participated at the Games:

SportMenWomenTotal
BelarusRussiaBelarusRussia
Canoeing 12115
Cycling 01124
Gymnastics 10113
Rowing 10102
Shooting 00202
Swimming 11204
Taekwondo 10001
Tennis 03047
Weightlifting 10102
Wrestling 20002
Total879832

Canoeing

Sprint

Individual Neutral Athlete canoeists qualified one boat for the Games through the result of highest rank eligible nation's in the following events, through the 2024 European Canoe Sprint Qualifier in Szeged, Hungary.

AthleteFromEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Zakhar Petrov Russia Men's C-1 1000 m 3:49.862 SFBye3:45.993 FA3:45.284
Alexey Korovashkov
Zakhar Petrov 		Men's C-2 500 m 1:38.651 SFBye1:39.571 FA1:41.274
Olesia Romasenko Women's C-1 200 m 49.835 QF47.924Did not advance
Uladzislau Kravets Belarus Men's K-1 1000 m 3:32.072 SFBye3:29.644 FA3:28.104
Yuliya Trushkina Women's C-1 200 m 46.152 SFBye45.322 FA44.835

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Four Individual Neutral Athletes qualified as riders for the road race events after securing the quotas through the UCI Nation Ranking. [38] [39]

AthleteFromEventTimeRank
Gleb Syritsa Russia Men's road race Did not finish
Men's time trial 40:33.3031
Tamara Dronova Women's road race 4:07:1647
Women's time trial 43:42.1621
Alena Ivanchenko Women's road race 4:10:4772
Hanna Tserakh Belarus Women's road race 4:10:1861
Women's time trial 44:57.2029

Gymnastics

Trampoline

Three Individual Neutral Athletes (one male and two females) entered into the 2024 Summer Olympics trampoline competition through the World Cup Series ranking. [40] [41]

AthleteFromEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Ivan Litvinovich Belarus Men's 63.4201 Q63.090Gold medal icon.svg
Anzhela Bladtceva Russia Women's 55.6404 Q55.0205
Viyaleta Bardzilouskaya Belarus56.3402 Q56.060Silver medal icon.svg

Rowing

The Individual Neutral Athlete rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and the 2024 European Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.

AthleteFromEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Yauheni Zalaty Belarus Men's single sculls 6:51.451 QFBye6:49.271 SF6:39.012 FA6:42.96Silver medal icon.svg
Tatsiana Klimovich Women's single sculls 7:34.312 QFBye7:34.303 SF7:26.565 FB7:25.618

Shooting

Individual Neutral Athlete shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament and 2024 European Championship. [42]

AthleteFromEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Aliaksandra Piatrova Belarus Women's 25 m pistol 56639Did not advance
Darya Chuprys Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions 57924Did not advance

Swimming

Individual Neutral Athlete swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): [43]

AthleteFromEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Evgenii Somov Russia Men's 50 m freestyle 23.4344Did not advance
Men's 100 m breaststroke 59.8313 Q1:00.0013Did not advance
Ilya Shymanovich Belarus Men's 100 m breaststroke 59.253 Q59.4510Did not advance
Anastasiya Shkurdai Women's 100 m backstroke 1:00.9420Did not advance
Women's 200 m backstroke 2:09.647 Q2:08.798 Q2:10.238
Alina Zmushka Women's 100 m breaststroke 1:06.3711 Q1:05.935 Q1:06.548
Women's 200 m breaststroke 2:28.1921Did not advance

Taekwondo

Initially, Maksim Khramtsov, Vladislav Larin, Tatiana Minina, and Polina Khan qualified for the Games but the IOC did not declare them neutral and they were not invited to the Games. [44]

Men
AthleteFromEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Georgiy Gurtsiev Belarus Men's −58 kg ByeFlag of France.svg  Ravet  (FRA)
L 6–7, 3–5		Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteFromEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Daniil Medvedev Russia Men's singles Flag of Australia.svg  Hijikata  (AUS)
W 6–2, 6–1		Flag of Austria.svg  Ofner  (AUT)
W 6–2, 6–2		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Auger-Aliassime  (CAN)
L 3–6, 6–7(5–7)		Did not advance
Roman Safiullin Flag of Chile.svg  Tabilo  (CHI)
W 6–4, 6–4		Flag of Argentina.svg  Etcheverry  (ARG)
W 6–0, 7–6(7–1)		Flag of Spain.svg  Alcaraz  (ESP)
L 4–6, 2–6		Did not advance
Pavel Kotov Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Wawrinka  (SUI)
L 1–6, 1–6		Did not advance
Daniil Medvedev
Roman Safiullin 		Men's doubles —Flag of Germany.svg  Krawietz /
Pütz  (GER)
L 4–6, 4–6		Did not advance
Ekaterina Alexandrova Women's singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yuan  (CHN)
L 5–7, 7–6(7–0), 2–6		Did not advance
Mirra Andreeva Flag of Poland.svg  Linette  (POL)
L 3–6, 4–6		Did not advance
Diana Shnaider Flag of Italy.svg  Cocciaretto  (ITA)
W 6–2, 7–5		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang  (CHN)
L 3–6, 1–6		Did not advance
Ekaterina Alexandrova
Elena Vesnina 		Women's doubles —Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Muchová /
Nosková  (CZE)
L 6–2, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]		Did not advance
Mirra Andreeva
Diana Shnaider 		Flag of Australia.svg  Gadecki /
Tomljanović  (AUS)
W 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Dabrowski /
Fernandez  (CAN)
W 6–4, 6–0		Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Krejčíková /
Siniaková  (CZE)
W 6–1, 7–5		Flag of Spain.svg  Bucșa /
Sorribes Tormo  (ESP)
W 6–1, 6–2		Flag of Italy.svg  Errani /
Paolini  (ITA)
L 6–2, 1–6, [7–10]		Silver medal icon.svg
Mirra Andreeva
Daniil Medvedev 		Mixed doubles —Flag of Italy.svg  Errani /
Vavassori  (ITA)
L 3–6, 2–6		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Three Individual Neutral Athlete entered into the Olympic competition as weightlifters. Petr Asayonak (men's -89 kg), Yauheni Tsikhantsou (men's 102 kg), Eduard Ziaziulin (men's +102 kg) and Siuzanna Valodzka (women's 71 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in her weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings. [45]

AthleteFromEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
Yauheni Tsikhantsou Belarus Men's −102 kg 183219402Bronze medal icon.svg
Siuzanna Valodzka Women's −71 kg 1111352464

Wrestling

On July 6, 2024, the Russian Wrestling Federation announced that all its invited wrestlers have unanimously decided to refuse to participate in the Olympics due to the IOC having blacklisted top Russian medal contenders. [28]

Key:

Freestyle
AthleteFromEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Magomedkhabib Kadimagomedov Belarus Men's −74 kg Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Zhamalov  (UZB)
L 0–8VPO		Did not advanceFlag of Slovakia.svg  Salkazanov  (SVK)
W 6–6VPO1		Flag of Albania.svg  Valiev  (ALB)
L 2–12VSU1		Did not advance
Greco-Roman
AthleteFromEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Abubakar Khaslakhanau Belarus Men's −97 kg Flag of Georgia.svg  Kobliashvili  (GEO)
W 9–1VSU1		Flag of Egypt.svg  Gabr  (EGY)
L 1–4VPO1		Did not advance

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Russian: Индивидуальные нейтральные спортсмены, romanized: Individual'nyye neytral'nyye sportsmeny; Belarusian: Індывідуальныя нейтральныя спартсмены, romanized: Indyviduaĺnyja niejtraĺnyja spartsmieny; French: Athlètes Individuels Neutres, AIN
  2. ↑ Belarus provided military support to Russia and also allowed Russia to use its territory to stage part of the invasion.
  3. ↑ The first was a four-year ban starting 9 December 2019 due to the Russian doping scandal, which was reduced on appeal to a two-year ban starting 17 December 2020, expiring by 18 December 2022.

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