International Ski and Snowboard Federation (Fis) made its decision not to let Russian and Belarusian skiers compete on Tuesday.
Norwegians, the Scandinavian lobby, chose a hard line and even went so far as to threaten a boycott if the Russian athletes would be allowed to compete. Swedes, Finns and French joined them. That's why Fis made such a tough decision against Russia, claims the Russian team captain Jurij Borodavko, to the newspaper.
The decision is in practice, however, an extension of a previous suspension and also applies to the Paralympics in Italy, which is organized after the Olympic Games.
According to the Russian newspaper Sport-Express, the Russian Ski Federation is considering going to court.
