Overview
- The IOC confirmed both skaters met neutrality criteria and issued official invitations that were accepted on December 1.
- Adelia Petrosyan and Petr Gumennik secured Olympic berths by winning a qualification event in Beijing in September.
- Other Russian qualifiers remain pending, including ski mountaineer Nikita Filippov, who has not received an invitation.
- The IOC said its list of approved neutral athletes will be updated, and Belarusian figure skater Viktoria Safonova also received an invite.
- Milan–Cortina 2026 runs February 6–22 in Italy, with many winter federations still limiting Russian access to qualifiers and leaving additional entries uncertain.