Tag: Russia
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Ukraine Reacts to Russia’s Possible Milano Cortina 2026 Participation
Ukraine government has hit out at the incoming IOC president for opening doors to Russian athletes at Milano Cortina 2026. Russian athletes have been banned from participating under their flag since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which was deemed as a violation of IOC’s rules. However, incoming IOC president Kirsty Coventry, had said…
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Milano Cortina 2026: Italy Wants To See Athletes From Russia And Ukraine
Italian deputy premier Matteo Salvini on Tuesday said that he would like to see athletes from Russia and Ukraine compete at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics next year, in case the war is over. The leader of the far-right League party, a junior partner in Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government, said this during the inauguration of the…
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Yevgenia Shishkova-Vadim Naumov, Russian World Champions, Killed In Washington DC Plane Crash
Russian figure skating World Champion couples Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board when the American Airlines flight collided with the Black Hawk Helicopter on Wednesday night near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Shishkova and Naumov, 1994 World Champions, 1995 silver, and 1993 bronze medalists, lived in the United States since 1998 to…
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Russian Ice-Skaters To Compete At Milano Cortina 2026 Under ‘Neutral’ Flag
Russian ice skaters are cleared to compete under the ‘neutral’ flag (AIN) at the Milano Cortina 2026, the sport’s governing body said Friday. “A pathway to allow a limited number of individual neutral athletes (AIN) to participate under strict conditions in designated Olympic qualifying events for the 2025/26 season,” the International Skating Union (ISU) announced. The…