Is Russia Banned From The Olympics 2024. Russia and belarus were banned by the ioc upon the invasion of ukraine in february 2022 — just. Russian and belarusian athletes will again be in the spotlight at paris 2024 with their particpation at the olympics controversial.

The country has been banned from the olympics for the first time after its president, aleksandr lukashenko, supported putin and russia’s war in ukraine. The 15 russians competing at the paris olympics have an uneasy status as “individual neutral athletes” following russia’s 2022 invasion of ukraine.