Overview
- Sergey Volkov filed a case at the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the International Ski and Snowboard Federation refused him neutral status.
- Volkov said FIS based the refusal on his 2022 positive test and a six‑month suspension, and he reported receiving no rule citation when he asked for one.
- Legal counsel Anna Antseliovich assessed his prospects as very good, citing CAS precedents including decisions before the Rio 2016 Olympics and the 2011 LaShawn Merritt ruling on IOC Rule 45.
- Alina Pekletsova said FIS rejected her application because she has no samples tested by WADA‑accredited labs, explaining she has not competed internationally to generate such tests.
- Only Savely Korostelyov and Darya Nepryaeva currently hold neutral status, and FIS criteria also require no voluntary ties to Russian or Belarusian military or security bodies and no public support for the conflict in Ukraine.