Every time Nikita Filippov races, it's an uphill struggle. At the Olympics, even more so. The 23-year-old from Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka peninsula is a medal contender in the rugged new Olympic sport of ski mountaineering.

Russia officially is banned from the 2026 Winter Olympics, but 13 athletes have qualified to compete as "neutral'' athletes. Here's how that works.

Russia and Belarus are banned from the Olympics because of their involvement in the war in Ukraine.

Nearly 100 countries are represented at the 2026 Olympics. But Russia and its ally Belarus won't be in the Opening Ceremony. Here's why they're banned. (AP Photo)

Though Olympics viewers missed out on artistic gymnastics Friday, the unique, one-day trampoline gymnastics event took place, with two of the event's medalists leaving many fans with questions.

Russia is not competing as a country at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has kept its ban on Russia because of ongoing political and sports rule issues.

For nearly a decade, Russian athletes have been prohibited from competing under the nation's name or flag at the Olympics, and that will be the case once again at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. In all,

Russia’s absence from the men’s ice hockey tournament puts an asterisk on these games, whether we like it or not.

International Olympic Committee bars a Ukrainian skeleton racer from wearing a helmet showing images of fellow athletes killed in Russia's invasion.