Here's why Team Russia is competing under new name in Tokyo. For the second consecutive Olympic Games, Russia will be competing under a different name. The country was known as the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games and for the 2021 Tokyo Games, they are known as the ROC.

Where is ROC in Olympics?

Russian athletes are competing in Tokyo under the acronym ROC for the Russian Olympic Committee, due to Russia's ongoing ban from international sports due to state-sponsored doping.

What country is ROC in the Olympics 2021?

Russia will be called ROC during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and won't be able to use its flag, nor its anthem. Russia, or the Russian Federation, is the official name of the largest country in the world and ranked 4th in Rio 2016 after winning 56 medals.