MOSCOW—Russia’s Olympic Committee will send 335 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics next month, its president said on Tuesday, where they will compete without their national flag and anthem due to doping sanctions.
Russian athletes are barred from competing at major international events, including the Olympics, with their flag and anthem until 2022. The country will compete in Tokyo under the name “ROC”, an acronym for the Russian Olympic Committee.
“The Russian Olympic Committee has just approved the team for the Tokyo Olympics,” president Stanislav Pozdnyakov told reporters. “There are 335 athletes on the list.”
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