Russian media has focused on perceived scandals and controversies at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, from drag performances at the opening ceremony to water quality issues. Only fifteen Russian athletes are competing as “Individual Neutral Athletes” after the country was banned from participating due to its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is not broadcasting the Games for the first time since 1984, alongside anti-Western rhetoric, leading to reduced public interest. This follows a 2019 ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency due to a state-sponsored doping scheme, which Moscow denied.
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00:03Russian media has focused on perceived scandals and controversies at the 2024 Olympic Games
00:07in Paris, from drag performances at the opening ceremony to water quality issues.
00:12Only 15 Russian athletes are competing as individual neutral athletes after the country
00:17was banned from participating due to its invasion of Ukraine.
00:21Russia is not broadcasting the Games for the first time since 1984, alongside anti-Western
00:26rhetoric leading to reduced public interest.
00:29This follows a 2019 ban by the World Anti-Doping Agency due to a state-sponsored doping scheme
00:34which Moscow denied.
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