{"id":166578,"date":"2025-12-02T20:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166578\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"ski-federation-to-verify-belarusian-athletes-for-compliance-with-neutrality-requirements","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/166578\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski federation to verify Belarusian athletes for compliance with neutrality requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>December 2,\u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>Pozirk.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fis-ski.com\/inside-fis\/news\/2025-26\/cas-requests-that-russian-and-belarusian-athletes-participate-in-fis-qualification-events-for-milano-cortina-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stressed<\/a> that athletes from Belarus and Russia will be verified for strict compliance with neutrality requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement follows the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that FIS allow Belarusian and Russian neutral athletes to participate in qualification events for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIS outlined the neutrality requirements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No voluntary link with the Russian or Belarusian military or with any other national security agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No communication associated with Russia or Belarus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No support for the war in Ukraine<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications will be reviewed by a FIS Individual Neutral Athlete Eligibility Review Panel&nbsp;composed of FIS secretary general, an independent sports integrity expert and a representative of the FIS administration presenting the report of the external due diligence report and anti-doping status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FIS will publish on its website the list of athletes cleared to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IOC_flag_744x496.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Sport<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian neutral skiers, snowboarders allowed to compete in Winter Olympic qualification<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 2, Pozirk. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that Belarusian and Russian neutral athletes may participate in qualification events for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. The court in Lausanne overturned the International Ski and &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/166514\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 2,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has stressed that athletes from Belarus and Russia will be verified for strict compliance with neutrality requirements. The statement follows the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling that FIS allow Belarusian and Russian neutral athletes to participate in qualification events for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":166570,"template":"","rubric":[16,32],"class_list":["post-166578","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ski federation to verify Belarusian athletes for compliance with neutrality requirements | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 2,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has stressed that athletes from Belarus and Russia will be verified for strict\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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