LAUSANNE, April 2 -- Sports authorities in Ukraine asked the International Olympic Committee yesterday to examine the "neutral" ‌status of Russian athletes they accused of having links to the military or competing in events that violated Olympic sanctions.

The IOC allowed a limited number of ‌athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2026 Milan Winter Games with no flags or anthems, subject to vetting.

This included stipulations that athletes not be linked to the military or have supported Moscow's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

An appeal signed by Ukrainian Sports Minister Matvii Bidny and National Olympic Committee head Vadym Guttsait said they had compiled evidence that some athletes had f...