Russian tennis players Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider gave the group competing as Individual Neutral Athletes, known by the French acronym AIN, a chance at their first gold medal at the Paris Olympics by winning to reach the women’s doubles final.
Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider of Individual Neutral Athlete celebrate their victory over Cristina Bucsa and Sara Sorribes Tormo during women’s doubles semifinals tennis match at the Roland Garros stadium, at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris , France.
Andreeva and Shnaider — who are wearing all-white uniforms, with none of the flags or other markings used by other tennis players at the Olympics — can do no worse than a silver medal. They will face Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini of Italy in the final.Iga Swiatek wins a bronze at the Paris Olympics for Poland’s first tennis medal at any Summer GamesU.S.
After that win, the Russians were asked how it felt not to be able to represent Russia at the Olympics.
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