# Russian Olympic Committee **Domain:** Sport governance / Russia **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **Russian Olympic Committee (ROC)** is Russia's National Olympic Committee. Its legal and representational status is distinct from the eligibility of individual athletes and from the IOC's suspension decisions. ## Significance Separating organization, sanction, and athlete status prevents one administrative act from being treated as a total judgment on every person it touches. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://olympics.com/ioc/russian-federation) ## Routes [[wiki/Russian Olympic Committee Suspension|Russian Olympic Committee Suspension]] · [[wiki/Individual Neutral Athlete|Individual Neutral Athlete]] · [[wiki/International Olympic Committee|International Olympic Committee]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]