Thirteen athletes from Russia will compete in Italy, but they will do so without flags, anthems or a place in the medal standings.

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.

The skeleton racer failed in his bid to compete at the Winter Games. Vladislav Heraskevych lost an appeal to the CAS after the IOC banned him from competing with a helmet featuring the names of killed Ukrainian athletes.

Some Russians have dismissed the Games over the continued exclusion of their athletes. But the truth is international sport is still important to Moscow

A Winter Olympian has been banned from wearing an anti-Russia helmet with images of Ukraine war victims. Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was told by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) he could not compete wearing the controversial helmet.

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

BBC Sport finds evidence raising questions over the neutral eligibility of four Russian athletes.

There are athletes with Russian and Belarussian passports competing at the Olympics as "Individual Neutral Athletes," if they meet some conditions.

The athlete gets public support from the Ukrainian President.

Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin launched Europe’s deadliest war since World War II, Russia remains banned by the IOC although individual Russians can compete in the Olympics as

At the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York, that superpower rivalry was on full display on the ice. The U.S. men’s ice hockey team — made up largely of college players and amateurs — faced off against the Soviet squad, a battle-hardened, gold medal-winning machine. The Americans weren’t supposed to stand a chance.