The new European champion in the men’s 10,000 meters, Dominic Lobalu of Switzerland, has been invited by the IOC to run at the Paris Games next month for the Olympic Refugee Team. Lobalu walked out of the Olympic refugee program in 2019 in a dispute fueled by limiting his ability to earn and keep prize money from races.
Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, of Switzerland , crosses the finish line to win the men’s 10000 meters A-race at the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, of Switzerland , celebrates after winning the gold medal in the men’s 10000 meters A-race at the European Athletics Championships in Rome, Wednesday, June 12, 2024.
Lobalu took 10,000 gold late Wednesday in Rome, adding to his bronze in the 5,000 on Saturday, weeks after World Athletics allowed him to represent Switzerland despite not being a citizen. “He is currently not a Swiss national, which the Olympic Charter would require,” the International Olympic Committee said in a statement Thursday after its executive board declined to approve his eligibility six weeks before the Paris opening ceremony.
Lobalu, a refugee from South Sudan, has lived and trained in Switzerland since leaving the Olympic program in a dispute over controlling management of runners.for an article published ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 that team management restricted runners’ ability to earn and keep the prize money from road races.Rising stars in men’s soccer to feature at the Paris OlympicsHe said he rejected an offer to return to the program that could have let him make his Olympic debut in Tokyo.
Swiss Olympic team officials explained to the IOC that it’s “very tough to obtain Swiss citizenship,” Adams said, with a minimum requirement of 10 years’ residency.
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