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What is AIN at Olympics? Explaining neutral athletes
MILAN — Officially, Russia is banned from the Olympics because Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine in 2022. At the 2026 Winter Games in Milano Cortina, there will be no Russian flags, no Russian anthems and no Russian national colors incoporated in the competition. (The same holds true for Belarus, which has supported Russia in the war.)
But there will be athletes with Russian and Belarussian passports competing as "Individual Neutral Athletes," or AINs for short, if they meet specific conditions. That contingent will include 13 Russians and seven Belarussians, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Jan. 29.
If any of the AIN athletes were to win gold, a wordless anthem commissioned by the IOC would play. And none of the them will be allowed to participate in the Opening Ceremony Feb. 6. The IOC used the same procedure for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
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Why is Russia not in the Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Olympics?
WASHINGTON — While nearly 100 countries are represented at the 2026 Olympics, a few notable countries won't be participating.
It's a familiar sight for Olympics watchers: Russian and Belarusian athletes competing without their flag or any formal representation of their country.
Russia and its ally Belarus are banned from competing at the Olympics. They were booted from the Games after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the ban continues through the 2026 season.
That isn't to say Russian athletes won't be at the Olympics.
Unlike team sports, some individual competitions will allow qualified Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate under strict conditions.
The International Olympic Committee's formula for "Individual Neutral Athletes" for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games led the International Skating Union to announce a parallel program to allow the possibility of Olympic qualification for up to 24 Russian and 24 Belarusian athletes.
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