Medal contenders who could be invited to the PyeongChang Olympics to compete for the neutral Olympic athlete from Russia (OAR) team …
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Alexander Khoroshilov
Slalom
Fifth at 2017 World Championships
Third in 2014-15 World Cup standings
Anton Shipulin
Second in 2016-17 World Cup overall standings
2015 World champion, 15km individual
Sergey Ustiugov
Five medals at 2017 World Championships
Second in 2016-17 World Cup overall standings
2017 Tour de Ski champion
Anna Sidorova
Medals at each of the last four world championships
Yevgenia Medvedeva
2016, 2017 World champion
Undefeated for two years
Second in 2017-18 Grand Prix standings
2017 World junior champion
Pairs2017 World bronze medalists
Ilya Burov
Aerials
Fourth in 2014-15 World Cup standings
Fifth in 2015-16 World Cup standings
Missed most of 2016-17 season with injuries
2014 Olympic bronze medalist
2015 World bronze medalist
Missed 2016-17 season due to injury
Ilya Kovalchuk
Four-time Olympian
Three-time NHL All-Star
Four-time Olympian
Russian captain in Sochi
Four-time NHL All-Star
Roman Repilov
2017 World silver medalist
2016-17 World Cup champion
Second in 2017-18 World Cup standings
2016 World bronze medalist
Third in 2016-17 World Cup standings
Viktor Ahn
Eight Olympic medals
Six Olympic gold medals
Most decorated male athlete at Sochi Olympics (three golds, one bronze)
2015 World champion, 1500m
Nikita Tregubov
2017 World bronze medalist
Vic Wild
Parallel Giant Slalom2014 Olympic champion
Parallel Giant Slalom
2014 Olympic bronze medalist
2016-17 World Cup champion
Pavel Kulizhnikov
2016 World champion, 500m and 1000m
2017-18 World Cup leader, 1500m
2016 World champion, 1500m