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2 days ago

No flag, anthem or parade: An isolated Winter Olympics beckons for Russian athletes

Every time Nikita Filippov races, it's an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so. The 23-year-old from Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is a medal contender in the rugged new Olympic sport of ski mountaineering sprinting up a slope and then skiing back down. At the Milan Cortina Olympics, he'll be one of the few Russians competing as Individual Neutral Athletes. They cannot wear any Russian symbols and won't hear the Russian national anthem if they win a gold medal.
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2 weeks ago

FIS Expands List of Russian and Belarusian Athletes Granted Neutral Status After CAS Ruling - SnowBrains

FIS expanded the Individual Neutral Athlete list to include Russian and Belarusian competitors and staff after CAS ordered case-specific neutral applications; national teams stay banned.
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