Russia To Pay Athletes Banned From Winter Olympics

The Russian Olympic Committee says it will make rate payments to 116 of nan country's athletes who were not allowed to compete astatine nan Winter Olympics.

Athletes pinch Russian aliases Belarusian passports person been barred from galore world athletics competitions since Russia's penetration of Ukraine successful 2022.

But 13 Russian athletes were approved to compete arsenic neutrals astatine nan Milan-Cortina Games successful Italy successful February.

Russian Sports Minister and ROC president Mikhail Degtyarev said an executive committee decided connected Tuesday "to grant monetary bonuses to each Olympic athletes who were incapable to recreation to nan Games owed to treacherous governmental decisions".

"The Ministry of Sport and nan ROC are doing everything imaginable to guarantee nan afloat return of nan Russian nationalist squad to world competitions nether nan nationalist emblem and pinch nan nationalist anthem," Degtyarev said.

"Where necessary, we negotiate; wherever that fails, we take sides nan athletes' authorities successful tribunal truthful that our squad tin compete for medals pinch a afloat roster."

Nikita Filippov was nan only Russian jock to triumph a badge astatine nan Winter Olympics, taking metallic successful skis mountaineering.

Since nan prohibition connected Russian and Belarusian athletes, nan International Olympic Committee has created a pathway for individuals to compete arsenic neutrals, provided they meet strict criteria.

That includes demonstrating that they person not actively supported nan war.

However, six Russian and 4 Belarusians athletes were permitted to compete nether their nationalist emblem astatine nan Winter Paralympic Games successful March for nan first clip since 2014, aft nan International Paralympic Committee lifted its suspension of nan 2 nations successful September.