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After the 2022 Beijing Olympics, Russian figure skaters were suspended from international competition due to the geopolitical situation. The ISU's decision to allow them in neutral status paved the way for a return to the senior level.
Alexandra Trusova won silver at the Challenger in Tokyo, her first international appearance since the 2022 Olympics.
The ISU’s decision to allow Russians to participate in international tournaments in a neutral status allowed Russian skaters to compete at the adult level for the first time since June at the Challenger Kinoshita Cup in Tokyo.
MOSCOW, September 7 - RIA Novosti. Russian figure skater Alexandra Ignatova (Trusova) flew to Moscow after competing at competitions in Japan, a RIA Novosti correspondent reports from Sheremetyevo Airport.
On Sunday, Trusova won silver at the Challenger in Tokyo. The competition was her first international tournament since the 2022 Beijing Olympics, where she won silver in women's singles. Another Russian representative, Anna Frolova, took bronze at the tournament in the capital of Japan. The victory was won by 17-year-old Japanese Mao Shimada.
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko announced that Russian athletes are now officially allowed to participate in 39 Olympic Summer Games sports events internationally, with plans to compete in 60 World and European Championships in 2026 and the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar in November, following IOC reinstatement of the Russian Olympic Committee and subsequent lifting of restrictions by international federations.

In Yaroslavl, the alley was officially named in honor of Lokomotiv hockey player Ivan Tkachenko, who died 15 years ago in a plane crash. Commemorative events are held in the region, and the area near Arena 2000 is named “Champions Square” in honor of the current team, a two-time winner of the Gagarin Cup.

24-year-old Georgian judoka Akaki Japaridze, after losing a fight against 29-year-old German Timo Kavelius in Leipzig, attacked his opponent, punched him three times, breaking his jaw and knocking out two teeth; the victim was hospitalized and operated on, the police are investigating, the club faces a long disqualification.

Mirra Andreeva, Russia's top female tennis player, reached the 2026 US Open quarterfinals by defeating Anastasia Potapova 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 after losing the first set. Andreeva, playing under neutral status, will face the winner of the Jovic-Gauff match next. The article notes her recent achievements, including French Open win and Olympic silver, and contextualizes Russian athletes' neutral status in international sports following IOC recommendations after the 2022 Ukraine invasion.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko said that more than 24 million children and adolescents in Russia are involved in physical education and sports. The Ministry of Sports develops infrastructure, organizes competitions and provides financial support to sports organizations. Russian juniors show high results at international competitions.

In Yaroslavl, on the fifteenth anniversary of the Yak-42 plane crash with Lokomotiv hockey players on board, mourning events are taking place: funeral services in the Assumption Cathedral and at the Leontief Cemetery, laying flowers at the Hockey Brotherhood memorial. On the plane on September 7, 2011, 43 people died, two survived, one of whom died later.