President of the Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Federation of Russia Dmitry Dubrovsky told Match TV what Russian ski jumpers who have received neutral status need to do in order to qualify for the 2026 Olympic Games.

On Monday, Russian ski jumpers Danil Sadreev and Mikhail Nazarov received neutral status from the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) to participate in international competitions. In addition, Dubrovsky told Match TV that Evgeny Klimov, Alexandra Kustova, Irma Makhinya and Ksenia Kablukova are expected to receive neutral status.

— What standard will need to be met at the upcoming competitions to qualify for the 2026 Olympics?

— The standard is very simple. To qualify for the Olympics you will need to have about 20 World Cup points. This means getting into the top 20 somewhere around two times. If they have four stages of the Four Hills Tour and two stages (of the World Cup) in Japan, that’s already six. For two of them you have to at least try to get into the top 20. In Zakopane, Poland, we will skip the stages, naturally, for obvious reasons,” Dubrovsky told Match TV.

The Four Hills Tour starts on December 29 in Oberstdorf, Germany. Also as part of the tour, competitions will be held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (January 1), as well as in Innsbruck and Bischofshofen, Austria (January 4 and 6). The results shown in these competitions count toward the World Cup. Further stages of the World Cup are planned in Zakopane, Poland (January 11), two stages in Sapporo, Japan (January 17 and 18), as well as two stages in Willingen, Germany.

In December, the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev announced that Russia had won a claim in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the FIS, and now the international federation is obliged to allow Russian athletes to compete. Degtyarev noted that the CAS arbitrators recognized the demands of the Russian side as reasonable and legitimate and, in accordance with the decision of the International Olympic Committee, ordered the FIS to allow Russians to compete in Olympic disciplines in a neutral status, and athletes in Paralympic disciplines under the national flag. FIS accepted the CAS decision and published the eligibility criteria.