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Russian athletes to compete at Olympic Games in Tokyo, Beijing using ROC acronym Photo: Stanislav Kogiku/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire/dpa 20/02/2021 07:22 PM MOSCOW, Feb 20 -- Russian athletes will compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, using the acronym ‘ROC,’ but not the full name of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), which will be forbidden, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Friday. The emblem of the Russian Olympic Committee should include the colours of the Russian tricolor on a white background, it said. "If the uniform includes the words...
