International Olympic Committee (IOC) has sent the Olympic Committee of Russia (OKR) the official Invitation to participate in the summer Olympic Games 2020 in Tokyo. in a press-service of the organization said that this is true for authorized athletics that have the official admission of the international Association of athletics federations (IAAF) to participate in competitions and have the opportunity to pass the Olympic selection. "the number of Russian athletes that have that kind of access at the moment, has already exceeded 120 people and can still grow," explained there. The invitation signed by the head of the IOC Thomas Bach. The Olympics in Tokyo will be held from 24 July to 9 August 2020. at the winter Games in 2018 in South Korea's Pyeongchang, the Russian athletes competed under the Olympic flag in the status of "Olympic athletes of Russia" (OAR), the reason was doping scandal. <span style="color:darkgray