International Skating Union strips Russian figure skaters Kamila Valieva and Mark Kondratiuk of neutral status
The International Skating Union (ISU) has rejected appeals from Russian figure skaters Kamila Valieva and Mark Kondratiuk, who had challenged the revocation of their neutral athlete status — a status that would have allowed them to compete internationally.
The International Skating Union (ISU) has stripped Russian figure skaters Kamila Valieva and Mark Kondratiuk of their neutral athlete status, preventing them from competing internationally. The ISU announced this decision following individual eligibility assessments that found the athletes no longer met the requirements to be classified as Individual Neutral Athletes.
The status was previously granted to Valieva and Kondratiuk in August 2026 but was revoked in early September without official disclosure of the reasons. According to ISU rules, an athlete cannot hold neutral athlete status if they serve in the armed forces or national security agencies, participate in the conflict in Ukraine on Russia's side, or openly support it.
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