Overview
- On Friday, the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation approved AIN status for two Russian bobsledders and seven skeleton racers, plus support staff, clearing them for women’s monobob, women’s skeleton and men’s skeleton events.
- The International Ski and Snowboard Federation on Wednesday named nine Russian and Belarusian skiers as Individual Neutral Athletes, including Belarus’s Hanna Huskova and Russia’s Anastasia Tatalina, and said more approvals will follow as reviews continue.
- A Dec. 2 Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling partially upheld athlete appeals, requiring FIS to accept and process neutral applications for Olympic qualifying if IOC criteria are met.
- The IOC on Thursday recommended that Russian and Belarusian youth athletes be allowed to compete with flag and anthem, targeting implementation for the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games and noting that federations will need time to apply the policy.
- Biathlon remains an outlier as the IBU rejects a neutral pathway and now faces a CAS claim from eight Russian athletes and national bodies, while visa hurdles and compressed qualification windows could limit how many cleared athletes actually compete.