ROME, Jan 2 (Reuters) - ‌Russian athletes at the Milano Cortina Winter ‌Olympics will not be able to represent ‌their country even if a peace deal is reached with Ukraine, International Olympic Committee President Kirsty Coventry said in ‍an Italian newspaper interview.

At this ‍stage nothing would change ‌the Committee's decision allowing Russian athletes to take ‍part ​in the February games only as individuals representing themselves, Coventry told Corriere della ⁠Sera in an interview published on Friday.