LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A total of 13 Russian athletes are now set to compete as neutral individuals at the Milan Cortina Olympics after invitations from the IOC were confirmed Tuesday for Alpine skiers and lugers. They could try to qualify for the Olympics after a Dec. 2 ruling at the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned a blanket ban by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation imposed within days of the war in Ukraine intensifying in February 2022. At the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Russian athletes won 32 medals including five gold competing at ROC — the acronym for Russian Olympic Committee, which was a neutral title as punishment in the long-running scandal of state doping.
Author: Associated Press
Published at: 2026-01-27 22:52:10
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