World Triathlon banned Russian and Belarusian athletes<\/a><\/strong> and officials from taking part in any triathlon events. As part of that decision, World Triathlon stated that the organisation would work with Challenge Family and Ironman in order to help them follow the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee that organisations do not arrange any sporting events in Russia or Belarus.<\/p>\nChallenge Family had already cancelled a planned event in Moscow and now Ironman has followed suit.<\/p>\n
In addition, Ironman has stated: \u201c[We] will disallow participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the 2022 Ironman 70.3 World Championship in St. George, Utah and our two Ironman World Championship events taking place in St. George and Kona, Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n
Professional Russian and Belarusian triathletes will also be ineligible to race at any 2022 Ironman events, including this weekend\u2019s 70.3 in Dubai, while age-groupers will not be allowed to compete under either country\u2019s flag at any event this year, either.<\/p>\n
The statement continues: \u201cWhile we recognise the difficult situation created for Russian and Belarusian athletes by these steps, we believe these are necessary to protect the integrity of our events.\u201d<\/p>\n
Image credit:<\/strong> Philipp Chistyakov\/Getty Images<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n
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