Dec 16 (Reuters) - Six Russian lugers are registered as individual athletes to compete in this week's World Cup event at Mount Van Hoevenberg near Lake Placid, New York, as they try to qualify for the Milano Cortina Olympics in February 2026, media reports said.

A Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruling in October had allowed Russian luge athletes to compete in Olympic qualifying events as neutrals after the International Luge Federation (FIL) had extended an existing exclusion on Russian athletes from its competitions.