Overview

• The Russian Wrestling Federation unanimously decided not to send wrestlers to the Paris Olympics under a neutral banner.
• This decision follows the IOC's ban on Russian athletes competing under their national flag due to the Ukraine conflict.
• Top athletes like Abdulrashid Sadulaev and Zaurbek Sidakov were excluded from the IOC's invitation list.
• The federation criticized the IOC's selection process as undermining team unity and being influenced by political bias.
• Russian athletes have faced previous bans due to state-sponsored doping scandals.