"The move follows a December 2 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which found that FIS's earlier decision to block all Russian and Belarusian athletes from Olympic qualification events constituted an unlawful "blanket exclusion" based solely on nationality. CAS ordered FIS to allow a defined group of named athletes to apply for neutral status, provided they meet International Olympic Committee (IOC) neutrality criteria. National teams from both countries remain banned."
"The Russian list includes prominent names such as cross-country skier Dariya Nepryaeva, an Olympic gold medallist and World Cup podium regular, Nordic combined athlete Artem Galunin, and freestyle skiing star Anastasiia Tatalina, the 2021 Big Air world champion and a 2024 X Games silver medallist. Several Russian alpine skiers, snowboarders, ski jumpers, and support staff were also approved in t"
FIS published an updated register on December 24 expanding the list of Russian and Belarusian athletes eligible to compete as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) while maintaining tight restrictions. The change followed a December 2 CAS ruling that FIS's blanket exclusion from Olympic qualification events was unlawful and ordered case-specific neutral-status applications under IOC criteria. National teams remain banned. Approvals were granted between December 10 and December 24 across alpine, cross-country, freestyle, Nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding. The Belarusian group includes Olympic medallist Hanna Huskova and alpine skier Maria Shkanova plus multiple freestyle and cross-country athletes and coaches. The Russian list features Dariya Nepryaeva, Artem Galunin, Anastasiia Tatalina and other athletes and support staff.
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