IOC reject ROC request to invite more athletes and coaches to Pyeongchang Games

The International Olympic Committee has rejected a request from the Russian Olympic Committee to invite 13 athletes and two coaches to the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang.

The ROC is currently suspended by the IOC following systemic doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but athletes can compete in South Korea as Olympic Athletes from Russia, under the Olympic flag and with the Olympic anthem played.