The International Judo Federation on Tuesday (May 2) barred eight members of Russia's world championships squad following Ukraine's boycott over the presence of Russian athletes it argued were active soldiers. Judo's governing body the IJF said ahead of the May 7 to May 14 championships in Qatar that it ha
The International Judo Federation on Tuesday barred eight members of Russia's world championships squad following Ukraine's boycott over the presence of Russian athletes it argued were active soldiers.
But when it announced it was boycotting the championships in Qatar, the Ukrainian judo federation alleged that"the majority of the team are athletes who are active servicemen of the armed forces of the Russian Federation". Among the Russian judokas listed for the world championships are Inal Tasoev who won a title at the world military championships in Paris in 2021, Mikhail Igolnikov, third in the under-90kg category at those same championships, Tamerlan Bashaev, who beat a Ukrainian to take the heavyweight bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, and 2021 60kg world champion Yago Abuladze.
IOC president Thomas Bach said the ban would continue to apply to Russian and Belarusian"athletes who actively support the war" as well as"athletes who are contracted to the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies".
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