Kostia Varvaryk

Welp, another "gift" to russians from the Thomas Bach himself – made a photo with and gift to russian athlete Varvara Prokhorova, who bears a military rank of ensign and is CSKA member.

Other russian (and pro-Putin) athletes are joking that Prokhorova "solved issues" with Bach

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which is the entry by name deadline for Milano Cortina 2026.
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P.S. Pay attention to the "The IOC EB will decide in due course the exact details for a participation of AINs in Milano Cortina" – not "decide on the participation", but on the details 🥲

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It is the same approach the IOC took before the successful implementation of the IOC recommendation before the Olympic Games Paris 2024. As per the Qualification System Principles, all qualification events must be completed by no later than 18 January 2026,

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participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions issued on 28 March 2023 remain in place. Building on this, the IOC EB will decide in due course the exact details for a participation of AINs in Milano Cortina.

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The Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 will build on this, when the world’s best winter sport athletes come together in peaceful competition on snow and ice. The Recommendations for International Federations and international sports event organisers on the

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the Olympic Village. They created a culture of peace, and sent a powerful message of unity, hope and solidarity to the world. In this way, we could ensure that sport contributes to peace, to build bridges, and not to deepen confrontation.

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The Paris 2024 Games truly demonstrated the power of sport, as the world came together. Athletes from the territories of all 206 National Olympic Committees and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team competed fiercely against each other, and lived peacefully together under one roof in

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The IOC, in consultation with Olympic Movement stakeholders, invited Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs) with Belarusian or Russian passports to compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 under strict eligibility conditions.

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Thomas Bach

Vladimr Putin and Russian skier Alexandr Bolshunov

SVT reported that IOC pressures winter IFs into allowing Russian athletes as neutral, despite most of them not wanting to do so www.svt.se/sport/vinter...

We at ua.tribuna.com asked IOC regarding this and how does it fall under IOC's repeated stance regarding IF's independence

Full IOC statement👇

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