# Russia to use all possible means to return track and field athletes to international competition

https://mins.news/en/item/111563

- TASS, 2026-10-22 17:34 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://tass.com/sports/2206451

> Russian Sports Minister and Russian Olympic Committee President Mikhail Degtyarev said Russia would use political, legal and diplomatic measures, including court action, to secure the return of its track and field athletes to international competition. The All-Russia Athletics Federation has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against World Athletics’ decision to uphold the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from its competitions.