Individual Russian and Belarusian athletes will be allowed to take part in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris as neutral athletes, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ruled on Friday. The IOC said participation in the Summer Games will be subject to certain conditions and provided the athletes fulfil the qualification requirements. The IOC was responding to a request from the international summer sports federations and the national Olympic committees to finally make a decision on this issue, which has been controversial since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in Februa…