Russian skiers and snowboarders win CAS ruling to try to qualify for Winter Olympics in Italy

Russian sports minister Mikhail Degtyaryov said on Tuesday the country’s skiers and snowboarders won a court ruling to get the chance to apply to compete as neutral athletes for qualification events to the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Degtyaryov posted on social media that an appeal from Russia to the Court of Arbitration for Sportoverturned a blanket ban imposed by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS).

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