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So, You’re Telling Me There’s A Chance?—Russia, FIS, and the Court of Arbitration
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So, You’re Telling Me There’s A Chance?—Russia, FIS, and the Court of Arbitration

John TeafordNovember 10, 2025

  A recently published Langrenn story reported on the possibility that FIS may be forced to reconsider its recent ruling an Russian and Belarusian eligibility for participating in Period 1 of the 2025-2026 World Cup season. According to those reports, Russian athletes and para athletes—and the Russian Ski Federation—filed a law suit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) seeking to overturn the recent FIS decision to bar Russian and Belarusian athletes from events...

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FIS Ruling: Russia is Out
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FIS Ruling: Russia is Out

John TeafordOctober 22, 2025

It’s a funny time we live in . . . one in which many of us struggle with harboring multiple opinions on particular topics (especially political ones). That’s me when it comes to whether or not Russian and Belarusian athletes should be allowed to enter the Olympic Games . . . multiple opinions make sense, and no easy or straightforward decisions seem likely. One thing’s for sure: when it comes to those decisions, someone’s going...

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Update on FIS Russia Ban
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Update on FIS Russia Ban

Ken RothMay 26, 2023

In a tersely worded announcement, the International Ski Federation (FIS) announced that its ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes would continue. The entirety of the release was contained in the summary notes of decisions made at the FIS Council meeting held May 24th. The current FIS policy, which does not allow the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials in FIS events, will remain in effect until further notice.           ...

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Russia and Belarus suspended at IPC Extraordinary General Assembly
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Russia and Belarus suspended at IPC Extraordinary General Assembly

FasterSkierNovember 17, 2022

At an Extraordinary General Assembly in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday (16 November 2022), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) member organisations voted to suspend the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus. The decision by IPC members to suspend NPC Russia and NPC Belarus stems from their inability to comply with their membership obligations under the IPC Constitution. This includes the obligations to ‘ensure that, in Para sport within the Paralympic Movement, the spirit of fair...

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With eroding control, FIS bans Russia and Belarus in belated reaction to threatened protest-cancellation of World Cup events in Norway and Sweden
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With eroding control, FIS bans Russia and Belarus in belated reaction to threatened protest-cancellation of World Cup events in Norway and Sweden

Pasha KahnMarch 1, 2022

Today the International Ski Federation (FIS) banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials from taking part in any remaining FIS competitions. The press release stated, “The FIS Council decided unanimously in line with the IOC recommendation, that with immediate effect, no Russian or Belarusian athlete shall participate in any FIS competition at any level through the end of the 2021-2022 season.” The belated decision came after a power struggle between the Norwegian Ski Association...

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Thursday Olympic Rundown: Belarus Gold in Thrilling Women’s Biathlon Relay; US 10th Team in NoCo
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Thursday Olympic Rundown: Belarus Gold in Thrilling Women’s Biathlon Relay; US 10th Team in NoCo

FasterSkierFebruary 22, 2018

FasterSkier would like to thank Fischer Sport USA, Concept2, Full report Ranked just 10th coming into today’s women’s relay, the team from Belarus stole the show with Darya Domracheva skating across the line to claim the fourth Olympic gold of her career after strong efforts from Nadezhda Skardino and Iryna Kryuko, both of whom have stood on the World Cup podium before, and newcomer Dzinara Alimbekava, a 22-year-old newcomer with just 11 World Cup starts to her name. It was the first relay...

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Notes, Quotes and Photos: Pursuit Day at IBU World Youth & Junior Championships
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Notes, Quotes and Photos: Pursuit Day at IBU World Youth & Junior Championships

Chelsea LittleFebruary 23, 2015

In a busy day outside of Minsk, Belarus, Sean Doherty finished 11th for the U.S. in the junior men's pursuit, followed by Canada's Aidan Millar in 14th; Millar's teammate Pearce Hanna placed 13th in the youth men's race. We caught up with nine different North American competitors, plus have a gallery of photos by Jake Ellingson and Jane Robertson to share.

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With Clutch Prone, Preuss Clinches German Relay Victory in Hochfilzen; Canadian Women 11th
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With Clutch Prone, Preuss Clinches German Relay Victory in Hochfilzen; Canadian Women 11th

Alex KochonDecember 13, 2014

For three out of the four legs in the IBU World Cup women’s 4 x 6-kilometer relay on Saturday in Hochfilzen, Austria, it could’ve been anyone’s game, especially Russia’s, Germany’s, Poland’s and the Czech Republic’s. All four were within 40 seconds of one another behind Russia in first at the final exchange — and while it might have seemed like Russia with a 19-second lead was untouchable — any biathlete will tell you nothing in...

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Domracheva Attains Hero Status in Belarus with Third Consecutive Gold

Chelsea LittleFebruary 17, 2014

By winning the women's mass start in dominant fashion, Darya Domracheva became not only a three-time gold medalist and the most successful female biathlete in Olympic history, but also a Hero of Belarus - the president made her just the 11th person to achieve such honor. Gabriela Soukalova of Czech was second and Tiril Eckhoff of Norway third - after waking up feeling sick and then eating a burger for lunch.

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Domracheva Makes It a Double in 15 k Individual, Gasparin Captures First Swiss Biathlon Medal
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Domracheva Makes It a Double in 15 k Individual, Gasparin Captures First Swiss Biathlon Medal

Alex KochonFebruary 14, 20141

Dasha Domracheva relied on super-fast skiing and the confidence of a gold medal already in the bag to earn her second of these Olympics -- a first for Belarus in any Winter Games. Selina Gasparin shot clean for the first time in her career to take home Switzerland's first biathlon medal with silver, and Belarus had an unprecedented two on the podium with Nadezhda Skardino in third.

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The Belarussians Are Mysterious

JoranNovember 4, 2011

FasterSkier’s piece on Belarus over the weekend naturally got me thinking about their performances. As they note in that article, they’ve had some wild times, including the famous “lucky” silver medal by Leanid Karneyenka in 2007 thanks to an early start position and a freak snowstorm, and their mishap in the team sprint relay in [...] Related posts:

  1. Participation Rates
  2. Canadian National Team Preview: Chandra Crawford & Daria Gaiazova
  3. Lahti Pursuit Recap

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The Belarussians Are Mysterious

JoranNovember 4, 2011

FasterSkier’s piece on Belarus over the weekend naturally got me thinking about their performances. As they note in that article, they’ve had some wild times, including the famous “lucky” silver medal by Leanid Karneyenka in 2007 thanks to an early start position and a freak snowstorm, and their mishap in the team sprint relay in [...] Related posts:

  1. Participation Rates
  2. Canadian National Team Preview: Chandra Crawford & Daria Gaiazova
  3. Lahti Pursuit Recap

CONTINUE READING
World CupXCFeeds

The Belarussians Are Mysterious

JoranNovember 4, 2011

FasterSkier’s piece on Belarus over the weekend naturally got me thinking about their performances. As they note in that article, they’ve had some wild times, including the famous “lucky” silver medal by Leanid Karneyenka in 2007 thanks to an early start position and a freak snowstorm, and their mishap in the team sprint relay in [...] Related posts:

  1. Participation Rates
  2. Canadian National Team Preview: Chandra Crawford & Daria Gaiazova
  3. Lahti Pursuit Recap

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