Russia's renowned later composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 will replace the country's national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics this summer and the Beijing Winter Olympic Games next year, according to the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) on Thursday.

A statement released by the ROC said that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had notified the ROC that a fragment from Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 had been approved.

Athletes from Russia have been banned from taking part in major international events under the Russian flag and with their national anthem until December 2022, after a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) last year.

Last month, the CAS denied Russia's song Katyusha as a replacement for the national anthem at the Tokyo Olympics and the Beijing Olympics during the sanctioned period.

Russian athletes also need to wear neutral clothing. Last week, Russia unveiled the blue, red and white uniforms the country's athletes will be wearing at the Tokyo Olympics.

"The difficult process of agreeing everything with the IOC has been completed," Stanislav Pozdnyakov, president of Russia's Olympic Committee, said in the statement.

Tchaikovsky originally wrote the concerto in 1874 before revising it in 1888.

It was used during the final leg of the Olympic torch relay during the opening ceremony of the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and featured in the closing ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.

(With input from agencies)

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