#The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted all restrictions on the Russian Olympic Committee. In a statement, the IOC lifted the ban on the suspension of the Russian Athletes' Dope Test results at the Pyongyang Winter Olympics.
Last year, the IOC had expelled the country's Olympic Committee for doping in December. Because of this, the Russian athletes participate in various events as a neutral team in the winter sports. The IOC's allegation, however, was always denied by Russia. In the statement, the IOC said that the results of the last test of the Russian Olympic Athletes have reached our hands. IOC has confirmed that the results of all the tests have come negative. On February 25, the IOC executive board decided to lift the ban on the Russian Olympic Committee. With this decision it will be effective directly.
On Tuesday, Russian Olympic Committee President Aleksandr Zukov announced the decision of the International Olympic Committee on television. He said that this decision is indeed very important for us.
In the recently concluded Pyongyang Games 168 Russian players participate as a neutral athlete. But two of them were caught in the drug test. Being neutral, they could not compete on the national team's jersey. Even the national anthem was not played at the medal ceremony. Although the last day of Sunday's celebration of the ceremony of winning the medal of the Russian national anthem of the Ice Hockey team.