Judo's world governing body has dropped its ban on Russian athletes competing under their national flag. The measure had been imposed over Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Since shortly after the start of Moscow's full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022, Russian judokas had only been allowed to compete internationally under a neutral banner, rather than their national flag.
On Thursday, though, the executive committee of the International Judo Federation (I
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