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World Boxing Allow Russian and Belarusian Athletes to Compete at ...
Home›News›World Boxing Allow Russian and Belarusian Athletes…Follow on Google News The organization responsible for governing boxing at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games has released details on how Russian and Belarusian athletes can compete at the tournament. In a recent statement released to the media World Boxing confirms that an “AIN Procedure — ’Athlètes Individuels Neutres’ (Individual Neutral Athletes)” will be the task that boxers from Russia and Belarus will need to go through to compete at host of international tournaments, which include the Olympic Games. The statement from World Boxing said: “The AIN procedure has been introduced with immediate effect following the decision of World Boxing’s Executive Board and the Secretary General has written to the Belarusian Boxing Federation and the Russian Boxing Federation to provide them with details of the procedure and how it will be implemented.” It follows the decision at the last Olympic Games that did not allow fighters from Russian or Belarus to fight under their nations flag, largely due to the ongoing war in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion over five years ago. Russian and Belarusian athletes were still able to compete, but under the same AIN program. In theory, the same rules apply to the 2028 Olympic Games in LA that were in place at Paris 2024. In a long list of criteria published, the most eye catching point was; “World Boxing will work with an expert, independent third party to conduct a series of checks on all athletes from Russia and Belarus that are entered into its competitions to ensure they do not have a history of supporting the war in Ukraine, are not paid by the military or security forces, are not members of clubs linked to the army or police force and have not participated in any events organised by The International Military Sports Council (CISM) since the start of the war in Ukraine.” Under the sub header “Flags” World Boxing laid out five rules to be upheld: There will be no use of the country or National Federation flag during the competition If a boxer from an AIN country wins a gold medal, the national anthem will not be played If a boxer from an AIN country wins a medal, the AIN logo will be used on a flag in the medal ceremony The boxers will be represented on television graphics and all competition information as AIN This will be applied at all age category events directly organised by World Boxing or European Boxing World Boxing will take charge of its ...
Boxers from Russia, Belarus allowed as neutral athletes in World Boxing ...
World Boxing was given provisional recognition in February 2025 by the International Olympic Committee. By Greg Beacham | The Associated Press • Published April 28, 2026 • Updated on April 28, 2026 at 6:21 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Boxing is set to be on the program for the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles after years of disputes over how the sport is run. Boxers from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to compete as neutral athletes by the new governing body recently put in charge of Olympic boxing competitions. World Boxing announced its decision Tuesday to treat Russian and Belarussian boxers as neutral athletes, emulating the approach usually taken by the International Olympic Committee since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Fighters and support personnel from Russia and Belarus will not be allowed to participate in World Boxing events with flags, uniforms or national anthems. They also must be approved in a vetting process to ensure they have not supported the war in Ukraine or have any links to the Russian army. World Boxing was formed in 2023 as an alternative to the International Boxing Association, which received the unprecedented punishment of being permanently banned from the Olympic movement that year. The IOC had lost patience with the IBA after years of governance problems and financial misdeeds compounded by the organization's endemic ties to Russia following its election of president Umar Kremlev in 2020. The IBA largely ignored the strictures against Russian and Belarussian athletes across sport in recent years, allowing them to compete with their national flags and symbols starting in 2023. World Boxing was given provisional recognition in February 2025 by the IOC, which ran the Olympic boxing tournaments in Tokyo and Paris following the banishment of the IBA. One month later, boxing was formally confirmed as part of the program for the Los Angeles Olympics after months of uncertainty because of its precarious state of governance. World Boxing has gradually accumulated membership from almost every nation — and it even added federations from Russia and Belarus last month. Ukraine's federation joined the organization last year. Gennadiy Golovkin, the former middleweight world champion who won an Olympic silver medal for Kazakhstan in 2004, was chosen as World Boxing's president last year. Here are five things to know about Vine star turned YouTube star turned professional boxer Jake Paul. Copyright The Associated Press This arti...
World Boxing allows Russian, Belarusian boxers to compete as neutrals ...
Russian and Belarusian boxers will be allowed to compete as neutral athletes, World Boxing said on Tuesday, aligning with the International Olympic Committee's stance adopted after Russia's ...
Russian and Belarusian boxers cleared to compete as neutral athletes ...
Russian and Belarusian boxers have been given the green light to compete as neutral athletes, World Boxing announced on Tuesday, mirroring the International Olympic Committee's position following ...
