{"id":148179,"date":"2025-07-25T12:16:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T09:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148179\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"world-sailing-belarusian-athletes-can-compete-as-neutrals","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148179\/","title":{"rendered":"World Sailing: Belarusian athletes can compete as neutrals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 25, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>The World Sailing<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong>Council two days ago allowed Belarusian and Russian athletes to participate in international sailing competitions as neutrals, its press office reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most board members, 29, voted in favor of the decision, with five against and two abstentions. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World Sailing banned sailors from Belarus and Russia from its events in March 2022, after Moscow launched a full-scale war on Ukraine with the help of Belarusian authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gimnastika_rgolympic_by-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gimnastika_rgolympic_by-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gimnastika_rgolympic_by-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gimnastika_rgolympic_by-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gimnastika_rgolympic_by-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gimnastika_rgolympic_by.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Sport<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian gymnasts to rejoin international competitions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 17, Pozirk. The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) has allowed Belarusian athletes to compete in its group and team contests, the National Olympic Committee (NOC) reported. \u201cThe decision presents opportunities for many disciplines. For example, in trampolining, Belarusians will be &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/147264\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 25, Pozirk. The World Sailing Council two days ago allowed Belarusian and Russian athletes to participate in international sailing competitions as neutrals, its press office reported. Most board members, 29, voted in favor of the decision, with five against and two abstentions. &nbsp; World Sailing banned sailors from Belarus and Russia from its events [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[14,32],"class_list":["post-148179","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>World Sailing: Belarusian athletes can compete as neutrals | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 25, Pozirk. 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