# Ruined sports careers: ISU denies neutral status appeals by Russia’s Valieva and Kondratyuk

https://mins.news/en/item/53270

- TASS, 2026-09-10 15:15 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://tass.com/sports/2185689

> The International Skating Union has rejected Kamila Valieva and Mark Kondratyuk’s appeals against the withdrawal of their permission to compete as individual neutral athletes. The ISU also again denied neutral status to ice dancers Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin. The skaters can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

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