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What Is AIN? How Russians and Belarusians Are Competing at the Olympics

Athletes from all over the world are competing in the Paris Summer Olympics in Paris, which officially kicked off with the opening ceremony on Friday. But while most athletes will compete under their country’s name, those from Russia and Belarus will compete a little differently—as individual neutral athletes, or “AINs”. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The change comes as the International Olympic Committee made the decision to ban both Russia and Belarus from the 2024 Games related to the war in Ukraine.

 

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