FILE PHOTO: 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics - News conference to present Olympic and Paralympic torches - Milan, Italy - April 14, 2025 The 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and Paralympic torches are displayed during a ceremony REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
PARIS (Reuters) -Russian teams, including the country's powerful national ice hockey side, remain banned from competing at next year's Milano-Cortina winter Olympics as part of sanctions imposed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.
The IOC was responding to reports out of Russia that hockey officials from the country had held talks with the international ice hockey federation (IIHF) over Olympic participation.
