Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, international sports federations have imposed sanctions against Russia. In bobsleigh and skeleton, this sanction was the removal of the Russian Bobsleigh Federation - it provided for a ban on the participation of Russian athletes in international tournaments.

It is interesting that local NSRs report about the restoration of Russian organizations, there is still no official confirmation on the website of the international federation.

Note that the decision of the International Federation of Bobsleigh and Skeleton was valid only until July, before the Congress of the organization. The Russian Bobsleigh Federation will approach it in the status of a full member, that is, it will be able to put athletes into international competitions.

" Specifically, the decision of the tribunal did not say about the athletes, since we filed a lawsuit specifically for the temporary suspension of our federation. It is clear that if the suspension, for example, would continue, then we, as a federation, would not be able to declare athletes for international starts.

In any case, even if any further steps are taken against us, we can appeal to the decision of our colleagues from the international federation," en.

We add that on March 2, Russia and Belarus were banned indefinitely in international luge. The FSSR also filed an appeal against the satisfied decision of the FIL executive committee.. Thus, the Russians will be able to participate in international tournaments, as well as hold competitions on their territory.. Meanwhile, on June 7, the International Skating Union (ISU) extended the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from all athletes from international competitions..

Latvia has announced that it will boycott all bobsleigh and skeleton competitions involving athletes from Russia.;

The 2022/23 Skeleton World Cup season will run from November 2022 to February 2023. As part of the season, eight stages of the World Cup will take place, as well as the World Championship, which will be hosted by the Swiss St. Moritz.