Leading Russian athletes were not included in the list of those whom the International Olympic Committee agrees to admit before the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang. Among those whom the IOC excluded from the number of participants in the games - real candidates for "gold":.

biathlete Anton Shipulin, skier Sergei Ustyugov, short tracker Victor An and several others. This was announced by the first vice-president of the ROC Stanislav Pozdnyakov. "Viktor An, Anton Shipulin or Sergei Ustyugov were not involved in the proceedings in the Oswald commission, they were also never involved in any doping stories, and all the numerous tests they passed for a career testify to the fact that they are" pure "sportsmen. Nevertheless, their names in the list of potential participants of the Games at the moment are absent, "- quotes R-Sports Pozdnyakova. Great losses and skaters. According to preliminary data, the applications of the best of the best are rejected, said the president of the SKR Alexei Kravtsov. "For the men's team we have 90% of the list in skating sports, none of the leaders - Yuskov, Kulizhnikov, according to preliminary information, will not get invitations. 80% of the application was rejected by the women's team, "Kravtsov said, adding that the hope is maintained until January 28, when the final version of the IOC is due to arrive.. The Russian Olympic Committee has already prepared a request to the IOC with a request to inform why the "clean" athletes stayed outside the Olympics.

"In accordance with the decisions of the executive committee, the IOC has the exclusive right to invite or not invite certain athletes. However, these reasons should be justified and explained to athletes, "- insists Pozdnyakov. According to the decision of the IOC Executive Committee of December 5, 2017.

, Russian athletes will be able to perform at the Games in Pyeongchang, but under the Olympic flag and in the status of "Olympic athletes from Russia". At the same time, according to the list of participants, the last decision for the IOC - it decides who can be admitted to the competition. Earlier, the IOC already removed 43 Russian athletes from the Olympics for life under the pretext of anti-doping violations. Now athletes challenge this decision in international sports arbitration. The Olympic Games will be held from 9 to 25 February 2018 in South Korea.