CAS found the FIS decision to suspend Russian athletes discriminatory

The Commission of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has recognized as discriminatory the decision of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) to suspend Russian athletes from international competitions. This is stated in a document published on the CAS website on February 27.

"Both CAS commissions concluded that the FIS statute requires FIS to be politically neutral and that the FIS Council did not provide sufficient legal grounds for excluding Russian and Belarusian athletes and paraathletes. As a result, a total ban on the participation of athletes and paraathletes by nationality was found to be discriminatory and in violation of FIS laws," the statement said.

The FIS Federation made this decision in December last year, so it began the process of granting neutral status to Russian athletes, coaches and services. At the last Olympic Games in Italy, Russian skiers Daria Nepryaeva and Savely Korostelev, as well as skiers Yulia Pleshkova and Semyon Efimov, have already competed under a neutral status.

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On January 31, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the decision of the International Luge Federation (FIL) to grant a qualifying place in the 2026 Olympic Games to Russian Daria Olesik. She performed as an individual neutral athlete (AIN) instead of the Irish luge athlete Elsa Desmond, who was deprived of this place.

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