Russian snowboarders Loginov and Nadyrshina receive neutral status

Dmitry Loginov and Sofia Nadyrshina have been granted neutral status to compete in international snowboarding events. The FIS list also showed that three more Russian athletes had received the same status.

Scraper SystemOctober 14, 2026, 08:49 PM

Russian snowboarders Loginov and Nadyrshina receive neutral status

The updated athlete list of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) shows that Russian snowboarders Dmitry Loginov and Sofia Nadyrshina have been granted neutral status to compete in international events.

Loginov, 26, won world championships in 2019 and 2021 and represented Russia at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics. Nadyrshina, 23, also won the 2021 world championship and competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Russian snowboarder Stanislav Detkov during the FIS World Cup parallel slalom event in 2012 (archive)

Number of Russian snowboarders with neutral status rises to five

Other Russian snowboarders listed by the FIS as holding neutral status were Nikita Abozovik, Polina Karimova and Kristina Paul. This brought the number of Russian snowboarders granted the status to at least five.

Snowboard course at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics (archive)

FIS changes its eligibility rules

FIS had previously announced that it had relaxed the criteria for admitting Russian athletes to international competitions. Under the new regulation, the provision banning the participation of Russian athletes affiliated with CSKA and other sports organizations linked to the armed forces was removed from the regulations.