In January, the IOC opened the door for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete under a neutral flag as early as the Olympics in Paris 2024.

It has outraged many in the sporting world, and 30 governments signed a letter to the IOC demanding a clearer definition of neutrality.

Tomas Axnér, Sweden's confederation captain for the women's national handball team, is not positive about the question either.

- That is a tough question to answer.

On a personal level, I am not very keen to compete against Russian and Belarusian participants, says Axnér to SVT Sport at a press conference.

Even the UN later expressed its support for the proposal, which was later met with criticism.

- It's not something personal against them, it's more based on how the situation is.

It is a confederation and the Swedish Olympic Committee that makes that decision, and I correct myself based on that, but it does not feel 100%, he says.