Most Beautiful Russian Female Athletes at 2018 Winter Olympics

The International Olympic Committee has barred dozens of Russians from competing in the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang over an alleged state-sponsored doping scheme in the country. The allegations have been denied by the Russian authorities. However, some of the athletes are able to compete in the Olympic events under a neutral flag.

Take a look at the most beautiful Russian female athletes who will be challenging for gold in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Alyona Zavarzina, 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, world champion and Snowboard Junior World Championships medalist, during a news conference about the announcement of the general partner for the 2019 World Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk.

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Russian skier Yulia Belorukova during a training session at the Dachstein glacier, Austria.

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Irina Avvakumova (Russia) during a training session for the women’s normal hill individual ski jumping event at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center during the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

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Sofya Prosvirnova, a member of the Russian short track team at the photo shoot before the World Skating Championships in Moscow.

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Natalia Soboleva (Russia) during a training session before the parallel slalom snowboarding race at the World Championships in Lachtal, Austria.

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Angelina Goncharenko, member of the Russian national women's ice hockey team, at a multimedia news conference on the performance of the team in 2013. On April 9, the World Ice Hockey Championships ended in Ottawa, Canada, where the Russian team won bronze for the second time in its history.

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Viktoriya Moiseyeva of the Russia-2 women's team during a match of the Russian Curling Super Cup at the Ice Cube Center in Sochi.

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Tatyana Akimova, who won a bronze medal in the women's pursuit at the 2016-17 Biathlon World Cup 3 in Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic, during the awards ceremony.

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Yekaterina Stolyarova (freestyle, mogul skiing) during the ceremony of issuing ID cards for Russian Olympic team candidates.

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Russian skier Anastasia Sedova during a training session at the Dachstein glacier, Austria.