okays 61 Russians to compete as neutral athletes

Last updated: 2021/06/27 at 1:50 AM

starconnect Published 27 June 2021

ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS - NOVEMBER 24: Anastasiia Grigoreva of Russia performs in 1500m Ladies Junior Speed Skating on Day 2 during the ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating - Qualifying Competition YOG 2020 at IJsbaan Twente Arena on November 24, 2019 in Enschede, Netherlands. (Photo by Oliver Hardt - - International Skating Union/International Skating Union via Getty Images)

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – World Athletics Doping Review Board has approved the applications of 61 Russian athletes, who have met the exceptional eligibility criteria to compete in international competition as neutral athletes in 2021 under Eligibility Rule 3.2 while the Russian national federation (RusAF) remains suspended.

These 61 athletes have met the exceptional eligibility criteria for 2021 are Maksim Afonin (shot put), Vladislav Aleksandrin (triple jump), Valeriia Andreeva (400m hurdles), Nadezhda Andriukhina (high jump)Milena Anokhina (200m and 400m), Veronica Arkhipova (sprints)Irina Boldyreva (100m hurdles), Elizaveta Bondarenko (pole vault), Anton Buldov (triple jump), Amina Chochaeva (sprints), Taisiya Dmitrieva (long jump), Ivanov Fedor (400m and 400m hurdles), Victoria Gorlova (long jump and triple jump), Anastasiia Grigoreva (hammer), Diana Grineva (combined events), Irina Gumeniuk (triple jump), Violetta Ignateva (discus), Aleksandr Iurchenko (triple jump)Leonid Karasev (sprints), Stepan Kekin (combined events) and Konstantin Kholmogorov (800m).

Others are Kristina Khorosheva (100m, 200m and 4x100m), Aleksei Khudiakov (discus), Polina Knoroz (pole vault), Kristina Koroleva (high jump), Kseniya Korotchenko (400m), Evgenii (Yevgeniy) Korotovskii (hammer), Anastasiia Kukushkina (long jump), Polina Lukyanenkova (long jump), Vladimir Lysenko (400m hurdles), Artem Makarenko (110m hurdles), Anton Markov (triple jump), Polina Miller (400m) Kirill Mitrofanov (1500m, 5000m and 3000m steeplechase), Sofia Palkina (hammer), Polina Parfenenko (high jump and combined events), Vitalii Pavlov (triple jump), Ekaterina Petrova (5000m race walk and 10,000m race walk), Violetta Razbeiko (long jump), Stepan Rukhov (discus), Roman Ryakhovskiy (javelin), Anatoly Ryapolov (long jump) Alsu Sagdeeva (pole vault) Evgeny Sarantsev (combined events) Konstantin Shabanov (60m hurdles and 110m hurdles) Daria Shinkevich (shot put) Ilia Shkurenev (combined events) Sergey Shubenkov (110m hurdles) Iuliia Sokhatskaia (combined events) Aleksei Sokirskii (hammer), Aleksandr Solovyev (pole vault) Oleg Spiridonov (60m hurdles and 110m hurdles), Mariia Tarabanskaya (400m hurdles), Iaroslav Tkalich (sprints), Olga Topolskova (400m hurdles), Matvey Tychinkin (high jump), Viktroiia Vaseikina (combined events) Valeriia Volovlikova (long jump and triple jump)Olga Vovk (1500m, 3000m and 3000m steeplechase) Dmitrii Zheliabin (pole vault) and Artem Zmeikin (800m).

A total of 123 Russian athletes have so far been declared eligible to compete as authorised neutral athletes in 2021. Five applications have been rejected.

The World Athletics Council approved the reinstatement of the authorised neutral athlete (ANA) programme for clean athletes from Russia in March 2021, following the approval of the RusAF Reinstatement Plan.

There is no cap on the number of Russian athletes who may compete at international competitions in 2021 (outside of the Olympic Games and other championships), provided they have ANA status.

However, the Council agreed that for the remainder of 2021, no more than 10 Russian athletes will be granted eligibility to compete as authorised neutral athletes at any championship competition, including the Tokyo Olympic Games, World Athletics Series events and the 2021 European U23 Championships.