Clean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia

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Clean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia

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The Company Statement
March 24, 2023

Ban on all Russian competition. World Athletics upholds ban on Russian athletes ahead of Paris Olympics. The head of the International Athletics Federation (World Athletics), Sebastian Coe, became the first of seven candidates for the post of President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to openly support the idea of ​​Russia's prompt return to world sport, although he linked it to the end of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

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