Individual Russian and Belarusian athletes have been cleared to compete in the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Friday . Those qualified athletes will compete as Individual Neutral Athletes, which was the same policy the IOC implemented for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian and Belarusian athletes will be ineligible to participate while representing their respective country's flag. However, individual athletes can compete under a neutral flag and neutral anthem. On top of that, medals won by those athletes will not be included in a the official medal count, and they will not be included in the parade of delegations at the Opening Ceremony.

As was the case in 2024, the IOC has laid out certain requirem

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