Russian Olympic Athletes

Russia, Winter Olympics

Is Russia banned from the Winter Olympics and who are the AIN athletes?

Russia remain banned from competing as a nation but some individual athletes are permitted to participate in the Games under a neutral banner

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Russian athletes are back for the Winter Olympics, again in a stateless existence

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Are Russian athletes competing in the 2026 Winter Olympics?

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Why the IOC says it is barring a Ukrainian athlete from competing at the 2026 Olympics

Skeleton pilot Vladylsav Heraskevych was removed from competition shortly before competition was scheduled to begin on Thursday

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Ukraine's Heraskevych talks about his banned helmet showing athletes killed in war

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Ukrainian skeleton athlete says he'll defy IOC, continue wearing helmet depicting athletes killed in Russian invasion

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Winter Olympics: GB's Weston leads in skeleton - watch & follow

Matt Weston is overnight leader in skeleton after two runs as Team GB chase first medal of Games, with final two runs tomorrow evening

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Ukraine’s Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics over banned helmet honoring war dead

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Ukrainian Olympian now threatened with disqualification for refusing to remove ‘remembrance helmet’

What country is AIN? How Russian, Belarusian athletes can compete at the Olympics

Though Olympics viewers missed out on artistic gymnastics Friday, the unique, one-day trampoline gymnastics event took place, with two of the event's medalists leaving many fans with questions.

Why are Russia and Belarus banned from 2026 Winter Olympics? Explaining sanctions, neutral athlete eligibility

Some individual athletes from the banned countries will be permitted to participate in the Milano Cortina Winter Games

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Russian athletes to compete at the Milan Cortina Games, but not for Russia

For the second consecutive Olympic Games, no athletes will compete under the Russian flag

Russian Olympic champion Tikhonov attacks Ukrainian athletes over ethnicity and political stance at 2026 Games

Former biathlete Alexander Tikhonov lashed out at Ukrainian Olympians Vladyslav Heraskevych and Kyrylo Marsak, calling them “idiots” and echoing Russian propaganda narratives about Ukraine’s future.

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Ukraine minister slams those who want Russia to return to Olympics

Ukraine sports minister hits out ‘irresponsible’ people who want Russia to return to Olympics - Matvii Bidnyi, Ukraine's minister of youth and sports, said that any change would appear to condone Russ