Authorised Neutral Athletes

The Russian hurdler Sergey Shubenkov, one of the 19 athletes allowed to participate at London 2017.

Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) is the category under which Russian athletes can compete at international athletics competitions after the doping scandal which first came to light in December 2014.[1][2]

World Athletics Championships

The logo of ANA

In April 2017 at World Championships of London 2017, the International Association of Athletics Federations approves the participation of 19 Russian athletes.[3]

Other cases in sports events

Acronm Full nameEvents
EUN Unified Team 1992 Winter Olympics
1992 Summer Olympics

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Authorised Neutral Athlete - Countries - IAAF World Championships London 2017". iaaf.org. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "A Londra c'è un mondo di atletica!" (in Italian). fidal.it. Retrieved 31 July 2017. ...e l’ANA (Authorised Neutral Athlete) di Maryia 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.
  3. ↑ "IAAF approves the application of seven Russians to compete internationally as neutral athletes". iaaf.org. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
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