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Ioc Rejects Request

Compiled From Wire Services

The International Olympic Committee rejected a demand by women’s rights activists to ban countries that exclude women from their teams.

IOC director general Francois Carrard said the Olympic hierarchy wouldn’t respond to a letter from Atlanta Plus, a coalition of women’s groups seeking to bar Iran and other Moslem countries discriminating against female competitors.

In a letter sent to IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch in September, the women’s coalition noted the Olympic charter forbids sex discrimination and called for countries to be banned from the 1996 Atlanta Games if they refuse to accept female athletes.