The IOC also suggested ASOIF and the winter sports umbrella group, AIOWF, could oversee "creating a single independent panel'' to run and "harmonise'' the neutral status evaluations of hundreds of athletes, coaches and support staff.Ī Ukrainian MP has told how politicians sheltered underground during a Russian attack on Kyiv during daylight hours on Monday. In March, the International Olympic Committee advised that some Russians and Belarusians could return to individual events but not team sports, if they had not actively supported the war in Ukraine, and are not contracted to "military or national security agencies.'' The annual meeting of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) comes more than two months after the IOC detailed advice on how Russian and Belarusian athletes could be reintegrated as neutral, despite the ongoing war in Ukraine.Įxactly how that neutrality is being defined remains unclear as key qualification events start for the Olympics that open in July next year. Olympic sports bodies met this morning amid ongoing uncertainty about if and how Russian athletes could return to their competitions ahead of the 2024 Paris Games. "I was devastated - it was a surprise and I was going to give it to him when he got back."Ī spokesman for the Foreign Office said: "We are providing support to the family of a British man following his death in Ukraine, and are in touch with the local authorities." Ms Lathbury added: "You do, you think silly things like that when it happens. "But the other thing is we were talking about the wedding and everything and I'd made his wedding ring on that Sunday - and then you think, did I tempt fate by making it?" She said: "To be honest I didn't believe it was real and I did ask, 'Are you sure it's him? Are you sure it's him?' She was told of her partner's death on 21 May - the day she had made a wedding ring. Speaking about what it would mean to bring him home to Northumberland, Ms Lathbury said: "It would mean everything because we need to bring him back whole." The 36-year-old, who served in the Fusiliers and did tours of Afghanistan before he met Ms Lathbury, had travelled to Ukraine as it was "something he felt strongly about and wanted to share the skills he had". Mr Thorn, also known as Jay, had been doing humanitarian work on the Ukraine-Poland border by helping refugees, as well as training locals on military equipment sent over from the UK. She said her partner died "instantly" in the crash, which was confirmed by a colleague in Ukraine and the Foreign Office. Originally from Berkshire, Ms Lathbury explained how Mr Thorn's mother and grandfather were also desperate to bring him back to the UK, saying it would mean "everything to bring him back whole". Louise Lathbury has set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for repatriating Julian Thorn's body from the war-torn nation, in hopes of raising £15,000. The fiancee of a former British soldier who was killed in a car crash in Ukraine has revealed how she had made a wedding ring on the day she found out about his death.
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