All events in the Ski Classics Pro Tour are international FIS competitions, and participation requires athletes to hold valid FIS licenses. Ski Classics will therefore align its approach with the CAS statement and with FIS’s handling of this matter.

The AIN status applies only to individuals. Accordingly, Russian and Belarusian Pro Teams remain ineligible to apply for a Pro Team license in Ski Classics. As Ski Classics points are earned through affiliation with a Pro Team, Ski Classics has requested clarification from FIS on whether athletes granted AIN status may be registered with, and compete for, a non-Russian/non-Belarusian Pro Team within Ski Classics. We await FIS’s response.

For Ski Classics Pro Tour events, an active FIS license is already required to be seeded in the elite group, even if the athlete is not a Pro Team registered skier. Ski Classics will further clarify that eligibility for elite seeding also requires approved AIN status for athletes from nationalities currently subject to FIS suspension.

Finally, Ski Classics expects FIS to provide clear and timely information to Ski Classics and its event organizers regarding which athletes have been granted AIN status as approvals are issued over time.