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IOC lifts Olympic ban on Belarus but Russia 'still suspended'

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The Olympic flag during a practice session at Eiffel Tower Stadium in Paris on July 24, 2024, and flag during an air show in the capital Minsk, on June 21, 2014. [AFP]

The IOC on Thursday lifted its ban on Belarusian athletes competing in the Olympics, although restrictions on Russian athletes remain in place.

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