{"id":498521,"date":"2022-03-01T03:06:08","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T10:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=498521"},"modified":"2022-03-01T06:37:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T13:37:37","slug":"vladimir-putin-stripped-of-fina-order-russia-belarus-can-compete-as-neutral-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/vladimir-putin-stripped-of-fina-order-russia-belarus-can-compete-as-neutral-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Vladimir Putin Stripped Of FINA Order; Russia &#038; Belarus Can Compete As &#8216;Neutral&#8217; Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> has been stripped of the <strong>FINA Order<\/strong> awarded to him in 2014\u00a0following the invasion of <strong>Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian president is the second man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-strips-dr-lothar-kipke-of-federation-honour-played-a-key-role-in-east-german-doping\/\">to have had a FINA honour withdrawn<\/a> in recent months following <strong>Dr Lothar Kipke&#8217;s<\/strong> removal from the honours list in November 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Kipke\u00a0was the chief doctor of the <strong>East German<\/strong> swimming team during the 1970s and 80s and he was presented with the <strong>FINA silver pin award<\/strong> in 1985.<\/p>\n<p>He was convicted in January 2000 of more than 50 charges of causing bodily harm after giving performance-enhancing drugs to young athletes.<\/p>\n<p>FINA had already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/fina-cancels-world-junior-championships-scheduled-for-russian-city-of-kazan-in-august\/\">cancelled the World Junior Championships<\/a> set for Kazan in August although the <strong>World Short-Course Championships<\/strong> scheduled for the same city in December still remain.<\/p>\n<p>The world governing body has also said that Russian and Belarussian swimmers can compete as neutrals &#8211; be that as individuals or teams.<\/p>\n<p>Quite how that will be determined remains unclear and is at odds with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/mykhailo-romanchuk-posts-call-for-russia-to-be-suspended-from-international-competition\/\">the call of Ukrainian athletes<\/a> &#8211; among them <strong>Andriy Govorov<\/strong> and <strong>Mykhailo Romanchuk<\/strong> &#8211; to suspend the <strong>Russia<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Belarus National<\/strong> <strong>Olympic Committees<\/strong> while barring athletes from competing at the <strong>Paralympic Winter Games<\/strong> starting in <strong>Beijing<\/strong> on <strong>4 March<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The group said &#8220;aggressor countries should not have any rights to participate in sports events&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by FINA read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;With Russian aggression continuing in Ukraine, the FINA Bureau has today made further decisions:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The FINA Order awarded to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2014 has been withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Until further notice, no athlete or Aquatics official from Russia or Belarus be allowed to take part under the name of Russia or Belarus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russian or Belarusian nationals, be it as individuals or teams, should be accepted only as neutral athletes or neutral teams. 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