Track and field athlete Isinbayeva will not be able to become an honorary member of the IOC
Isinbayeva spent only eight years in the IOC to qualify for the status of an honorary IOC member.
Applicants must have worked for more than ten years and have special merits for the organization.
Two-time Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva cannot apply for the status of honorary member of the IOC, TASS writes.
She has only been in the organization for eight years and is finishing her term as a member.
To qualify for the status of honorary member, one must have worked for ten years and have special merits before the IOC.
Honorary members, it is emphasized, do not have the right to vote at sessions of the organization.
Isinbayeva's powers will expire after the end of the Olympics in Paris.
The Russian track and field athlete became a member of the IOC in 2016. She joined the athletes’ commission, but her powers will expire this year, after the Olympic Games in Paris.
Last year, a scandal erupted around Isinbayeva due to her possible involvement in the Russian Armed Forces.
She was able to retain her place on the IOC Athletes' Commission after an investigation and filing of relevant statements.
