Authorised Neutral Athletes
Authorised Neutral Athlete (ANA) is the category under which Russian athletes can compete at international competitions after the doping scandal which first came to light in December 2014.[1][2]
History[]
In April 2017 at IAAF World Championships in Athletics of London 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations approved the participation of a group of 19 Russian athletes.[3] A total of eight athletes competed as neutrals at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships.[4] A total of nine athletes competed as neutrals at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships.[5] A total of 30 athletes competed as neutrals at the 2018 European Athletics Championships.[6] A total of 29 athletes competed as neutrals at the 2019 World Championships in Doha.
See also[]
- Authorised Neutral Athletes at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics
- Authorised Neutral Athletes at the 2018 European Athletics Championships
- Authorised Neutral Athletes at the 2019 World Athletics Championships
- Athlete Refugee Team
- Unified Team, designation of post-Soviet state athletes for 1992 events
- Olympic Athletes from Russia, designation for cleared athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS national football team competed at the UEFA Euro 1992)
- Russian Olympic Committee
References[]
- ^ "Authorised Neutral Athlete - Countries - IAAF World Championships London 2017". iaaf.org. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ "A Londra c'è un mondo di atletica!" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 31 July 2017.
...e l’ANA (Authorised Neutral Athlete) di Mariya Kuchina maritata Lasitskene e di Sergey Shubenkov, la caucasica e il siberiano che, senza bandiera, riportano in scena una Russia ancora in via di espiazione.
- ^ "IAAF approves the application of seven Russians to compete internationally as neutral athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ^ Authorised Neutral Athlete 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
- ^ Authorised Neutral Athlete 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-07-10
- ^ Final Entries List – European Athletics Championships 2018
External links[]
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Independent athletes
- Athletics in Russia
- 2017 World Championships in Athletics
- 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships