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December 2, Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that Belarusian and Russian neutral athletes may participate in qualification events for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court in Lausanne overturned the International Ski and Snowboard Federation\u2019s (FIS) previous ban on athletes from the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth Panels found that the FIS Statutes protect individuals from discrimination and require the FIS to be politically neutral (Art. 5.2),\u201d CAS said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cConsequently, the appeals were partially upheld on the basis that the FIS decision is a blanket exclusion of athletes due to nationality, regardless of whether athletes would meet AIN [Individual Neutral Athlete] eligibility criteria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 21 October 2025, the FIS Council had adopted a resolution \u201cnot to facilitate the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) in FIS qualification events for the OWG and Paralympic Games 2026.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IOC clears figure skater from Belarus to compete as neutral at 2026 Olympics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 2, Pozirk. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that Belarusian and Russian neutral athletes may participate in qualification events for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The court in Lausanne overturned the International Ski and Snowboard Federation\u2019s (FIS) previous ban on athletes from the two countries. \u201cBoth Panels found that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":54352,"template":"","rubric":[14,32],"class_list":["post-166514","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBelarusian neutral skiers, snowboarders allowed to compete in Winter Olympic qualification | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 2, Pozirk. 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