{"id":163056,"date":"2025-11-05T14:25:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T11:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163056\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-teams-cleared-to-compete-as-neutrals-in-water-polo-equestrian-events","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/163056\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian teams cleared to compete as neutrals in water polo, equestrian events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MGU_vodnoe_polo_fb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MGU_vodnoe_polo_fb.jpg 800w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MGU_vodnoe_polo_fb-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MGU_vodnoe_polo_fb-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MGU_vodnoe_polo_fb-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MGU_vodnoe_polo_fb-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Facebook page by MGU Vodnoye Polo)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>November 5, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> World Aquatics allowed Belarusian and Russian athletes to participate in international water polo competitions as neutrals starting January 1, according to the guidelines updated on November 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list also includes individual sports such as swimming, open water swimming, artistic swimming and diving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI) also allowed athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in team competitions as neutrals from January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the war in Ukraine began in February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) urged sports federations to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from all competitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later, it recommended that some of them could be allowed as neutral athletes under certain conditions, such as not supporting the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/paralimpiada_mpk-354x199.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/paralimpiada_mpk-354x199.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/paralimpiada_mpk-734x413.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/paralimpiada_mpk-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/paralimpiada_mpk.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/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\">Politics, Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus to miss 2026 Paralympics amid ban on qualifiers<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 24, Pozirk. Belarusian and Russian athletes will not be able to participate in the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Italy next March, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced yesterday, citing responses from international federations responsible for the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/161360\">\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>November 5, Pozirk. World Aquatics allowed Belarusian and Russian athletes to participate in international water polo competitions as neutrals starting January 1, according to the guidelines updated on November 4. The list also includes individual sports such as swimming, open water swimming, artistic swimming and diving. 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