MOSCOW, Sep 22 International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) in at the end of October, he will make decisions regarding the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes in competitions under his auspices, reports the Norwegian edition NRK. Earlier, FIS Secretary General Michel Vion said that the federation was considering the possibility of admitting Russian and Belarusian athletes suspended from international competitions due to events in Ukraine, which caused a negative reaction in several countries. In particular, the head of the Finnish Ski Association, Markku Haapasalmi, and the president of the Norwegian Ski Federation, Erik Reste, expressed their bewilderment. will be on the agenda, which the FIS board will discuss at its next meeting at the end of October,» the federation responded to a request from the Norwegian edition of NRK. The FIS also specified that they would take into account the decisions on this issue of other sports governing bodies, such as the International the Olympic Committee, if any. IOC President Thomas Bach earlier proposed to start negotiations on the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to sports competitions. The Congress of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) on September 16 decided to uphold the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from international competitions until further notice.
