{"id":160978,"date":"2025-10-21T22:30:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T19:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160978\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"belarusian-neutral-skiers-banned-from-olympic-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/160978\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian neutral skiers banned from Olympic qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has barred athletes from Russia and Belarus as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) from qualification events for the 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FIS Council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fis-ski.com\/inside-fis\/news\/2025-26\/fis-council-votes-not-to-allow-the-participation-of-individual-neutral-athletes-in-qualification-events-for-milano-cortina-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">voted<\/a> for the decision today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIS manages competitions in cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and snowboarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian freestyle skiers have won medals at all Olympics since 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 19, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that qualified AINs would compete in the 2026 Winter Olympics under the same conditions as at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy will host the Olympics between February 6 and 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batut_kieran_watt_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batut_kieran_watt_unsplash_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batut_kieran_watt_unsplash_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batut_kieran_watt_unsplash_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batut_kieran_watt_unsplash_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/batut_kieran_watt_unsplash_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Sport<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukraine pushes to ban two Belarusian neutral athletes from competitions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 20, Pozirk. Kyiv added Belarusian gymnasts Alina Harna\u015bko and Ivan Litvinovi\u010d, who are currently competing in a neutral status, to the list of athletes that should be sanctioned, as both are reportedly involved in \u201cpropaganda activities,\u201d supporting Russia&#039;s war &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/160715\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 21, Pozirk. The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has barred athletes from Russia and Belarus as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) from qualification events for the 2026 Winter Olympics. The FIS Council voted for the decision today. FIS manages competitions in cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and snowboarding. Belarusian freestyle skiers have won [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":54352,"template":"","rubric":[14,13,32],"class_list":["post-160978","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-society","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian neutral skiers banned from Olympic qualifiers | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 21, Pozirk. 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