MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee formally gave its blessing Tuesday for the country’s athletes to compete under a neutral flag at the Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Under International Olympic Committee sanctions announced last week in response to Russian doping at the Sochi Games, Russians will compete under the Olympic flag as “Olympic Athletes from Russia.”
“The opinion of all taking part was united, and that was that our athletes need to go to South Korea, compete and win,” ROC president Alexander Zhukov said after the organization held a closed congress on Tuesday.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his backing last week.