Dec 12 : Two Russian bobsledders and seven of the country's skeleton racers were granted Individual Neutral Athletes status by the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation on Friday, allowing them to compete in IBSF events.
Liubov Chernykh and Sofiia Stepushkina were named to the AIN list for bobsleigh, while Viktoriia Fettel, Alena Frolova, Polina Kniazeva, Daniil Romanov, Vladislav Semenov, Polina Tiurina and Ermei Zykov were included for skeleton.
Three officials, one medical doctor and five coaches/technicians were also added to the AIN list.
IBSF published in a statement the "list of athletes and support personnel of Russian nationality who have been granted the status of AIN and, therefore, are cleared to participate in certain IBSF events (Women's Monobob, Women's Skeleton,

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