How many Russian and Belarusian athletes will participate in the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games, and under what conditions? The question still remains unanswered. six and a half months before the opening of the event. Kirsty Coventry, however, gave a trend in an interview with the newspaper L'Equipe. « We have not made a final decision., explains the IOC president. For Milan-Cortina, I will not anticipate the decisions of the executive committee in September and December but I think we will probably follow the same decision as for Paris. » Fifteen Russian athletes and 17 Belarusian athletes took part in the Paris 2024 Games, under the status of neutral individual athletes (AIN).
In Paris this weekend, Kirsty Coventry had the opportunity to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace and to speak with CNOSF President Amélie Oudéa-Castéra. The IOC President also gave a speech on the legacy of the Olympic Games at the Grand Palais, visited one of the Seine bathing sites, and attended the unveiling of the Alice Milliat statue on Rue de la Chapelle.
