Olympics Open Path for Russians to Qualify for Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, led Tuesday’s executive board meeting.Credit...Fabrice Coffrini/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesInternational Olympic officials on Tuesday delayed a final decision on whether to allow athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate at the Paris Summer Games next year, pushing uncertainty about their eligibility into a crucial period of Olympic qualifiers and doing little to ease the objections of dozens of governing bodies that want the countries to remain sporting outcasts while they wage war in Ukraine.

The International Olympic Committee did, however, create a path through which athletes from Russia and Belarus could attempt…