A majority of Russian athletes are reportedly in favor of competing at the upcoming Pyeongchang Winter Olympics despite a ban on the national team.
 
According to Russia's Tass news agency, the chief of the Russian Olympic Committee's athletes' commission Sofia Velikaya said on Monday that all the athletes who expressed their opinions on the matter were in favor of competing.
 
Velikaya said no athletes have told the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) they would rather boycott, adding everyone is preparing and hoping to compete.
 
The ROC official, however, added that individual athletes must first receive invitations from the International Olympic Committee to participate in the Games.
 
The IOC last week barred the Russian team from Pyeongchang because of doping offenses at the 2014 Sochi Games, but is allowing Russians to compete under a neutral flag as "Olympic Athletes from Russia."