# Russian Olympic Committee Suspension **Domain:** Sport governance / Institutional sanctions **Doc Type:** Developed Event Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **Russian Olympic Committee suspension** refers here to the IOC Executive Board's October 2023 suspension of the ROC after it incorporated regional sports organizations under the authority of Ukraine's National Olympic Committee. The IOC described that act as violating the Olympic Charter because it infringed the territorial integrity of another national committee. ## Significance The suspension distinguishes an institutional sanction from the eligibility of individual athletes. The ROC lost national-committee privileges, while some athletes could still be considered under the separate Individual Neutral Athlete framework. The split shows symbolic administration operating at multiple levels: person, team, committee, territory, flag, and state representation. The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the ROC's appeal in February 2024. That appeal route matters because it exposes the legal machinery behind a decision that might otherwise appear merely symbolic. ## Sources - IOC, [IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee](https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-executive-board-suspends-russian-olympic-committee-with-immediate-effect) - CAS, [The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismisses the appeal filed by the Russian Olympic Committee](https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_10014_decision.pdf) ## Routes [[wiki/Individual Neutral Athlete|Individual Neutral Athlete]] · [[wiki/Court of Arbitration for Sport|Court of Arbitration for Sport]] · [[wiki/Olympic Truce Violation|Olympic Truce Violation]] · [[wiki/International Olympic Committee|International Olympic Committee]]