Topic - Russian Olympic Committee

Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), (, Olympiyskiy Komitet Rossii, OKR) is the National Olympic Committee representing Russia. - Source: Wikipedia

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Artists perform at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 7, 2014. It cost Russia an estimated $55 billion to prepare and host the Olympics in the balmy Black Sea resort, where most facilities, including 11 sports arenas, were built from scratch along with highways, rail lines and other infrastructure. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Russian Olympic Committee loses appeal against suspension by the IOC

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FILE - The entrance of the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics Games is pictured Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Organizers of next year's Paris Olympics say their headquarters have again been visited by French financial prosecutors who are investigating suspicions of favoritism, conflicts of interest and misuse of funds in the awarding of Olympic contracts. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Russian Olympic officials appeal to sports court against suspension by IOC

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A security guard stands at the entrance of a venue ahead of the upcoming 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian sports regions

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Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, is embraced by her coach Eteri Tutberidze after competing in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

U.S., others play by the rules while Russia is coddled

By Maggie Rothfus - The Washington Times

Kamila Valieva, 15, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after the women's team free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. The 2022 Games' first major scandal has managed to involve the 15-year-old figure skater who has tested positive for using a banned heart medication that may cost her Russia-but-not-really-Russia team a gold medal in team competition. Kamila Valieva continues to train even as her final disposition is considered, and she may yet compete in the women's individual competition, in which she is favored. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Doping hearing to decide Russian skater Kamila Valieva’s Olympic fate

By Graham Dunbar and James Ellingworth - Associated Press

Kathleen Ledecky, of United States, poses after winning the gold medal in the women's 800-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/David Goldman) **FILE**

Local Olympians put on a show in Tokyo

By Noah Fleischman - The Washington Times

Gold medal winners Britain's Thomas Daley and Matty Lee compete in the synchronized 10-meter platform diving final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Monday, July 26

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FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Dec. 27, 2019, Russian National Anti-doping Agency RUSADA head Yuri Ganus speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. Ganus was fired Friday Aug. 28, 2020, after his agency’s supervisory board recommended that the Russian Olympic Committee and Russian Paralympic Committee consider removing him because of alleged financial irregularities. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, FILE)

Outspoken head of Russian anti-doping agency fired

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FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 file photo, Russian National Anti-doping Agency RUSADA head Yuri Ganus speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia. The CEO of the Russian anti-doping agency Yuri Ganus, has called for the entire management and coaching staff of the country’s track and field federation to be removed from their posts. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russian anti-doping head demands purge of track federation

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017 file photo, Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov addresses the media after an Russian Olympic committee meeting in Moscow, Russia. The head of the Russian Olympic Committee says he will step down, it was reported on Tuesday, May 2, 2018. The decision comes three months after Russian athletes were forced to compete at the Pyeongchang Games as neutral athletes. Alexander Zhukov says he wants to focus on his political career. His intention to leave paves the way for vice president Stanislav Pozdnyakov to take charge at scheduled elections on May 29. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

Russian Olympic Committee president Zhukov to step down

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Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov attends an Russian Olympic committee meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Russia's Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that Russian athletes are overwhelmingly in favor of competing at the 2018 Winter Games despite a ban on the national team. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

Russian Olympic Committee expects 200 to compete in South Korea

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

A woman waves a Russian flag outside of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in front of the Olympic Rings prior to the opening of the first day of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the IOC headquarters, in Pully near Lausanne, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutrals despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday. (Jean-Christophe Bott, Keystone via AP)

Q&A: What IOC punishment means for Russian Olympic athletes

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2014 file photo a man carries the Russian national flag past the burning Olympic cauldron at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Russia could be banned from competing at the Pyeongchang Olympics. The decision will come on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 when the International Olympic Committee executive board meets in Lausanne, less than nine weeks before the games open on Feb. 9 in South Korea. (AP Photo/Peter Delong, file)

The Latest: Pyeongchang organizers respect IOC decision

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Russian Olympic head Zhukov to step down

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