The number of quotas for Russian skiers for the World Cup

Russian skiers will be able to count on 12 quotas for men and the same for women in the World Cup season-2026/2027. This was announced by the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) in response to a request from the World Cup portal.

For Russian athletes in a neutral status will keep the quotas at the level of the season-2021/2022. There are 16 seats for staff. At the same time, no more than six Russian athletes of each gender will be able to perform in each World Cup race.

In the season-2025/2026, only two Russians participated in the World Cup and the Olympic Games in Italy - Savely Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva.

At the moment, six Russian skiers have received FIS neutral status. In addition to Savely Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva, admission received Nikita Denisov, Arina Kalicheva, Sergey Volkov and Ksenia Shorokhova.

The status was also received by three staff representatives - Leonid Vinogradov, Egor Nemtinov and Danil Akimov.