Russia Absence from Figure Skating Championships

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Russia is again barred from figure skating worlds. Will the 2026 Olympics be different?

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Russia will be absent from the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships due to the ongoing war in Ukraine .

Russia has been largely sidelined from the world of international sports since 2022 .

The International Skating Union has developed a narrow pathway for a limited number of Russian athletes to qualify for the 2026 Olympics .

Some Russian figure skaters have switched nationalities to continue competing internationally.

IOC could give final OK for Russian and Belarussian athletes to return at the 2026 Milan Games .

International Skating Union has developed a narrow pathway for Russian athletes to work toward Olympic qualification.

That pathway is so narrow, it only will allow one athlete or team in each of figure skating's disciplines to compete at a single qualifying event, in Beijing in September .

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