{"id":1326144,"date":"2025-11-27T15:09:46","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russian-athletes-allowed-to-compete-in-international-competitions-with-national-symbols\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:09:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:09:46","slug":"russian-athletes-allowed-to-compete-in-international-competitions-with-national-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russian-athletes-allowed-to-compete-in-international-competitions-with-national-symbols\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian athletes allowed to compete in international competitions with national symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">The International Judo Federation has announced that Russian athletes will once again compete under their own flag and anthem. The organization&#8217;s leadership says it is committed to preserving the &#8220;unity of the world judo community&#8221; and ensuring a level playing field for all.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <span class=\"s2\">This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ijf.org\/news\/show\/sport-the-last-bridge-for-reconciliation-and-peace\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a> the federation&#8217;s website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <span class=\"s1\">The statement notes that Belarusians were recently allowed back into the competition, and now Russians are also allowed to compete &#8220;on general terms.&#8221; The federation emphasizes that Russia &#8220;has historically been one of the leading countries in judo&#8221; and its return &#8220;will enrich the competition.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"> <span class=\"s1\">The federation&#8217;s executive committee voted to allow the use of the Russian flag, anthem, and official symbols during international starts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> It was previously reported <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/uyefa-hotuietsia-do-povernennia-rosii-u-ievropeyskyy-futbol-u-kuluarakh-orhanizatsii-zrostaie-tysk\/\">that the UEFA Congress will be held in Belgrade, and while the official agenda looks calm, serious discussions may take place on the sidelines.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/merts-ta-makron-vidkynuly-propozytsiiu-ssha-shchodo-povernennia-rosii-do-g8\/\">German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron stated that they do not support Russia&#8217;s return to the G8 format.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Judo Federation has announced that Russian athletes will once again compete under their own flag and anthem. The organization&#8217;s leadership says it is committed to preserving the &#8220;unity of the world judo community&#8221; and ensuring a level playing field for all. This is reported by the federation&#8217;s website. The statement notes that Belarusians [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1326133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76895,76871],"class_list":["post-1326144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-sports","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1326133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}