Russian Skaters Allowed to Compete as Neutrals (AIN) to Qualify for 2026 Winter Olympics

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

My man, I opened the link hoping it'd contain, IDK, news related to sports or figure skating. What's this news link about Russia-Ukraine war - purely about that and nothing else - doing here and not PI? Did this latest bit of news affect something with regards to Russia's participation in the Olympics?

Ummm my point is why are they allowed to compete as anything if this is what they inflict on to another country. What are the Olympics to you? I think you may have forgotten the concept of what the Olympics spirit is.

next time I’ll DM you every time…. Hey on my own, should this go in the US ladies thread or more the Isabeau Levito thread. I don’t want you to come undone, Don’t wanna upset and rattle your day having to look at a thread that no one posted in over two months.

 

[On My Own]

What are the Olympics to you?

A morally corrupt sleazefest that should be cancelled regardless of Russian participation.

Hey on my own, should this go in the US ladies thread or more the Isabeau Levito thread. I don’t want you to come undone, Don’t wanna upset and rattle your day having to look at a thread that no one posted in over two months.

No no need to do that, I will just assume it's irrelevant if you post here

 

[olympic]

Random thought - I was trying to speculate on how the 2 RUS neutrals will be received at the Olympics; warm embrace, polite applause, ignored / audience sitting on their hands? I suppose since the IOC made a huge effort to only allow RUS athletes with as much distance as possible from their government and the war, I suppose they would be warmly received, perhaps w/ some protests, silent or otherwise.

If Adelya gets there, will she sit in the K&C w/ Eteri ?

 

[caseyedwards]

Ummm my point is why are they allowed to compete as anything if this is what they inflict on to another country. What are the Olympics to you? I think you may have forgotten the concept of what the Olympics spirit is.

next time I’ll DM you every time…. Hey on my own, should this go in the US ladies thread or more the Isabeau Levito thread. I don’t want you to come undone, Don’t wanna upset and rattle your day having to look at a thread that no one posted in over two months.

Again- what are Petrosian and gumennik doing to Ukraine?

 

[caseyedwards]

Random thought - I was trying to speculate on how the 2 RUS neutrals will be received at the Olympics; warm embrace, polite applause, ignored / audience sitting on their hands? I suppose since the IOC made a huge effort to only allow RUS athletes with as much distance as possible from their government and the war, I suppose they would be warmly received, perhaps w/ some protests, silent or otherwise.

If Adelya gets there, will she sit in the K&C w/ Eteri ?

Possibly very dangerous. Any Americans in the audience are likely to throw stuff at them and try to injure them

Use cell phone flash to distract them
Throw stuff on the ice before a jump

Hopefully there are hockey like barriers put up

That doesn’t solve the flash while jumping problem. Maybe more guards wherever Americans are

 

[Karen-W]

Random thought - I was trying to speculate on how the 2 RUS neutrals will be received at the Olympics; warm embrace, polite applause, ignored / audience sitting on their hands? I suppose since the IOC made a huge effort to only allow RUS athletes with as much distance as possible from their government and the war, I suppose they would be warmly received, perhaps w/ some protests, silent or otherwise.

If Adelya gets there, will she sit in the K&C w/ Eteri ?

I expect it would be a tepid response from the audience.

And, yes, there's no reason to think Eteri won't be with her in the KnC.

 

[caseyedwards]

A tepid response would not be anything new. For the skaters themselves it would be easy to believe its because no one knows them. Has never heard of them. They have to worry about extreme violence from Americans.

 

[PRlady]

As an American attending the Olys I plan to sit on my hands. I’d never boo a young athlete doing his/her best under difficult circumstances. As for Americans in general, it’s laughable to think they’re planning to be violent in sports situations when soccer hooligans from Europe are by far the worst.

 

[Karen-W]

As an American attending the Olys I plan to sit on my hands. I’d never boo a young athlete doing his/her best under difficult circumstances. As for Americans in general, it’s laughable to think they’re planning to be violent in sports situations when soccer hooligans from Europe are by far the worst.

Yeah, the worst behavior we get here in the States is when the Eagles win the Super Bowl and Philly riots.

 

[caseyedwards]

Bottom line there would be no way to distinguish a cold reaction to a Russian skater vs a non reaction to a skater no one had ever heard of in their life!!

Plus the whole toxic American attitude towards Russians is so much worse than in any point in history.

 

[Karen-W]

Bottom line there would be no way to distinguish a cold reaction to a Russian skater vs a non reaction to a skater no one had ever heard of in their life!!

Plus the whole toxic American attitude towards Russians is so much worse than in any point in history.

Dude, right now, Americans don't give two figs about Russians. They're irrelevant on the international stage.

 

[caseyedwards]

Dude, right now, Americans don't give two figs about Russians. They're irrelevant on the international stage.

lol all the crying and wailing and over the top opposition to 2 neutrals says the opposite!

 

[On My Own]

As an American attending the Olys I plan to sit on my hands. I’d never boo a young athlete doing his/her best under difficult circumstances. As for Americans in general, it’s laughable to think they’re planning to be violent in sports situations when soccer hooligans from Europe are by far the worst.

Interpol.

 

[PRlady]

Bottom line there would be no way to distinguish a cold reaction to a Russian skater vs a non reaction to a skater no one had ever heard of in their life!!

Plus the whole toxic American attitude towards Russians is so much worse than in any point in history.

Guess you’ve never heard of the Cold War. Figures.

 

[On My Own]

KGB.

 

[my little pony]

all I know is on my own's new avatar gave me a jump scare. they are staring right at me!