{"id":834563,"date":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834563\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T00:42:10","slug":"world-boxing-lifts-sanctions-on-russian-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/834563\/","title":{"rendered":"World Boxing Lifts Sanctions on Russian Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Boxing has lifted sanctions on Russian athletes, allowing them to compete under the country\u2019s flag and with its national anthem played, the sport\u2019s Olympic-recognised governing body announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Banned from global sport following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian and Belarusian athletes have been gradually reinstated in certain sports under neutral status.<\/p>\n<p>JOIN US ON TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<p>Follow our coverage of the war on the <a class=\"inarticle_link\" href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Kyivpost_official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Kyivpost_official<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In early July, the IOC announced it was lifting the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee and easing some of the restrictions imposed on Russian athletes, who will now be eligible to attempt to qualify for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ExCo (executive committee)\u00a0accepted that\u00a0Russian athletes\u00a0would now take part in\u00a0World Boxing competitions\u00a0like\u00a0boxers from any other national federation,\u201d said World Boxing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, World Boxing will strictly monitor the behaviour of Russian delegations during events as well as compliance with anti-doping protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In April, World Boxing had already said it would allow Russian fighters to compete under a neutral banner.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2023 by Kazakhstan\u2019s Gennady Golovkin, World Boxing is currently recognised by the IOC as the global governing body for the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussian boxing is returning to the international stage,\u201d Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said in a message posted on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorld Boxing has authorised our athletes \u2013 across all age categories \u2013 to compete in all international events with the national flag and anthem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <a class=\"col-10 col-sm-3 block-insert-image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/81417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-fluid post-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e17e4f3293d26c347cea74309a8ea12a.jpg\" alt=\"Russian Strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Region Kill 3, Wound 10\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Topics of Interest<\/p>\n<p>                                <a class=\"title-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kyivpost.com\/post\/81417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russian Strikes on Dnipropetrovsk Region Kill 3, Wound 10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Russian forces struck the Dnipropetrovsk region more than 50 times, hitting a lyceum, a supermarket, residential apartments and a logistics terminal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Boxing has lifted sanctions on Russian athletes, allowing them to compete under the country\u2019s flag and with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":834564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-834563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=834563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}