Russians return to Olympic ski jumping

The Russians and the Belarusians will be allowed to participate in February’s Milan–Cortina Olympic Games in the FISI Games as neutral athletes.

The International Court of Appeal for Sports, Cas, decided on the matter at the beginning of December. Since then, Fis has granted neutral athlete status to a total of 21 athletes.

Fis published the most recent version of the list on Monday. The updated list includes hill jumpers for the first time.

The Russians are there Danil Sadrejev and Mikhail Nazarov. They may return to international competitions already at the turn of the year during the Central European hill week.

Russia and Belarus was banned from FIS competitions in 2022 when Russia had started a full-scale war of aggression in Ukraine.

Now the athletes who meet the criteria set by the International Olympic Committee for a neutral athlete qualify for the Olympics.

After Cas’s decision, for example, Russian athletes have already been seen in the Cross-Country World Cup.