Overview
- FIS approved neutral status for freestyle skiers Daria Melchakova, Lana Prusakova, Polina Ryabova, Natalia Sherina and alpine skier Ekaterina Tkachenko, allowing them to enter international events.
- The latest approvals also include three additional members of athletes’ support staff, according to the federation’s website.
- Earlier approvals covered athletes across several disciplines, including skiers Saveliy Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva, freestyler Anastasia Tatalina, Nordic combined athlete Artyom Galunnin, snowboarder Maria Travinicheva, alpine skiers Yulia Pleshkovа, Alexander Andrienko, Semyon Yefimov and Ivan Kuznetsov, and ski jumpers Mikhail Nazarov and Danil Sadreyev.
- The Russian Football Union says it is considering a second filing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to seek the return of national teams to international tournaments.
- RFS general secretary Maxim Mitrofanov said the union will coordinate with the Russian Olympic Committee and the Prosecutor General’s Office, noting earlier CAS bids were rejected and pointing to recent legal successes by other federations.