2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics - Figure Skating Qualification

[Jammers]

Sincerely asking - Was there ever a question that they could be denied?

I'm sorry but they shouldn't have been allowed to compete in Milan in the first place. The ISU yet again being halfassed with their decisions.

 

[skateblessing]

Sincerely asking - Was there ever a question that they could be denied?

IIRC when they first announced who were allowed to compete and try get a spot under the neutral status - there was something about that they still had to stay neutral and their neutral status would be checked again before Olympics. With other words, there was no guarantee for the neutral athletes to stay neutral all though they passed the "test" the first time. If anyone would have stepped wrong since last time (April?) they would simply lose their neutral status. And since the Olympic quotas for the AIN was given to the athletes, that would also have ment no one would replace them if they lost the status, all though they had reserves to begin with. Now, the athletes themselves know about this and have probably been very careful not to do anything that could change their neutral status. However - I´m not sure they are still being monitored now or if they guaranteed to compete under the neutral status? I mean if they aren´t doing more background checks, it´s unlikely to find something at this stage.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

IIRC when they first announced who were allowed to compete and try get a spot under the neutral status - there was something about that they still had to stay neutral and their neutral status would be checked again before Olympics. With other words, there was no guarantee for the neutral athletes to stay neutral all though they passed the "test" the first time. If anyone would have stepped wrong since last time (April?) they would simply lose their neutral status. And since the Olympic quotas for the AIN was given to the athletes, that would also have ment no one would replace them if they lost the status, all though they had reserves to begin with. Now, the athletes themselves know about this and have probably been very careful not to do anything that could change their neutral status. However - I´m not sure they are still being monitored now or if they guaranteed to compete under the neutral status? I mean if they aren´t doing more background checks, it´s unlikely to find something at this stage.

Âlso wondering about substances. Who`s doing the testing? Someone from ISU going there regularly?

 

[Kiki5375]

WADA does the testing. Olympics is not about politics or other countries should be banned, too. The Russian ban is about doping so test them as much as possible but as long as they are clean, let them take part.

 

[tony]

WADA does the testing. Olympics is not about politics or other countries should be banned, too. The Russian ban is about doping so test them as much as possible but as long as they are clean, let them take part.

It's not just about doping. This has to keep being told every time threads like this start up. The main reason why all of Russia and Belarus are out of competition is because of the invasion of Ukraine during the Olympic Truce period. So yes... politics.

Up until 2022, Russian athletes may have had to compete under some blanket term like "Olympic Athlete from Russia", but they still were able to send much more complete teams across all sports in both the Summer and Winter Games.