Medal contenders and stars who could be invited to the PyeongChang Olympics to compete for the neutral Olympic athlete from Russia (OAR) team ...
Alpine Skiing
Alexander Khoroshilov
Slalom
Fifth at 2017 World Championships
Third in 2014-15 World Cup standings
Biathlon
Anton Shipulin
Second in 2016-17 World Cup overall standings
Yekaterina Yurlova-Percht
2015 World champion, 15km individual
Cross-Country Skiing
Sergey Ustiugov
Five medals at 2017 World Championships
Second in 2016-17 World Cup overall standings
2017 Tour de Ski champion
Curling
Anna Sidorova
Medals at each of the last four world championships
Figure Skating
Yevgenia Medvedeva
2016, 2017 World champion
Undefeated for two years
Alina Zagitova
Second in 2017-18 Grand Prix standings
2017 World junior champion
Yevgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov
Pairs
2017 World bronze medalists
Freestyle Skiing
Ilya Burov
Aerials
Fourth in 2014-15 World Cup standings
Fifth in 2015-16 World Cup standings
Missed most of 2016-17 season with injuries
Alexandr Smyshlyaev
Moguls
2014 Olympic bronze medalist
2015 World bronze medalist
Missed 2016-17 season due to injury
Hockey
Ilya Kovalchuk
Four-time Olympian
Three-time NHL All-Star
Pavel Datsuyk
Four-time Olympian
Russian captain in Sochi
Four-time NHL All-Star
Luge
Roman Repilov
2017 World silver medalist
2016-17 World Cup champion
Semyon Pavlichenko
Second in 2017-18 World Cup standings
Tatiana Ivanova
2016 World bronze medalist
Third in 2016-17 World Cup standings
Short Track Speed Skating
Viktor Ahn
Eight Olympic medals
Six Olympic gold medals
Most decorated male athlete at Sochi Olympics (three golds, one bronze)
Semyon Elistratov
2015 World champion, 1500m
Skeleton
Nikita Tregubov
2017 World bronze medalist
Snowboarding
Vic Wild
Parallel Giant Slalom
2014 Olympic champion
Alena Zavarzina
Parallel Giant Slalom
2014 Olympic bronze medalist
2016-17 World Cup champion
Speed Skating
Pavel Kulizhnikov
2016 World champion, 500m and 1000m
*May be ineligible due to doping ban served from 2012-14.
Denis Yuskov
2017-18 World Cup leader, 1500m
2016 World champion, 1500m
*May be ineligible due to ban for marijuana from 2008 to 2011.
The IOC announcement Tuesday said that athletes who have had an anti-doping violation will not be invited to the Olympics, but it’s unclear if that rule will apply to cases this old.
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Clarification: An earlier version of this post did not mention Kulizhnikov and Yuskov’s doping bans.