Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2025 World Games

Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2025 World Games
IOC code	AIN
in Chengdu, China 7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors	33 (14 men and 19 women) in 9 sports
Medals	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 16
World Games appearances
2025
Other related appearances
Russia (1993–2017) Belarus (1993–2017)

Individual Neutral Athletes from Russia and Belarus competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Russia and Belarus are barred from taking part in the World Games due to their role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Instead athletes from the two countries will compete as independents, provided that the individual international sports federations allow their participation. ^[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Diana Sliseva Finswimming Women's 50 m apnoea 10 August  Gold Konstantin Shakhtarin Muaythai Men's 71 kg 10 August  Gold Diana Sliseva Finswimming Women's 100 m surface 11 August  Gold Sofia Istomina Sambo Women's 65 kg 13 August  Gold Sheikh-Mansur Khabibulaev Sambo Men's 64 kg 14 August  Silver Alexander Kusakin Freediving Men's dynamic no fins FFS3-FFS4 10 August  Silver Alexey Molchanov Freediving Men's dynamic with fins 11 August  Silver Rolan Zinnatov Sambo Men's 71 kg 13 August  Silver Ovanes Abgarian Sambo Men's 79 kg 13 August  Silver Abusupiyan Alikhanov Sambo Men's 88 kg 13 August  Silver Magomed Gasanov Sambo Men's 98 kg 14 August  Bronze Valeriia Andreeva Finswimming Women's 50 m bi-fins 10 August  Bronze Ekaterina Mikhaylushkina Finswimming Women's 200 m surface 10 August  Bronze Aleksei Fedkin Finswimming Men's 100 m bi-fins 10 August  Bronze Elizaveta Kupressova Finswimming Women's 400 m surface 11 August  Bronze Nina Serdiuk Sambo Women's 59 kg 13 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Sambo 2 4 1 7 Finswimming 2 0 4 6 Muaythai 1 0 0 1 Freediving 0 2 0 2 Total 5 6 5 16

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Billiards sports	0	1	1
Dancesport	1	1	2
Karate	1	0	1
Freediving	3	1	4
Finswimming	3	6	9
Muaythai	1	2	3
Sambo	5	5	10
Wakeboarding	0	1	1
Wushu	0	2	2
Total	14	19	33

Billiards sports

Main article: Pool at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	From	Event	Preliminary round			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kristina Tkach	Russia	Women's 10-ball	Kaplan  (GER) L 5–7	Ropero  (ESP) W 7–6	3	Did not advance

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2025 World Games

Individual Neutral Athletes competed in dancesport.

Athlete	From	Event	First Round		Semifinal		Final
			Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikita Anikeev Elina Kokotova	Russia	Standard	169.17	15	Did not advance

Finswimming

Main article: Finswimming at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	From	Event	Time	Rank
Arseniy Desyatov	Russia	Men's 50 m bi-fins	19.30	7
Aleksei Fedkin		Men's 100 m bi-fins	41.24
Vladimir Zhuravlev		Men's 50 m apnoea	14.77	5
Valeriia Andreeva		Women's 50 m bi-fins	21.80
Irina Gileva			21.93	5
Vlada Markina		Women's 200 m surface	1:29.56	5
Ekaterina Mikhaylushkina			1:29.05
Elizaveta Kupressova		Women's 400 m surface	3:14.11
Diana Sliseva		Women's 50 m apnoea	15.74
		Women's 100 m surface	38.62

Freediving

Main article: Freediving at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	From	Event	Distance (m)	Rank
Alexey Molchanov	Russia	Men's Dynamic no Fins	Disqualified
		Men's Dynamic with Fins	305.5
Eduard Samofalov		Men's Dynamic no Fins FFS1-FFS2	86.0	4
		Men's Dynamic with Fins FFS1-FFS2	123.0	5
Alexander Kusakin		Men's Dynamic no Fins FFS3-FFS4	107.0
Anastasia Diodorova		Women's Dynamic no Fins FFS1-FFS2	56.0	4
		Women's Dynamic with Fins FFS1-FFS2	109.5	5

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2025 World Games

Individual Neutral Athletes competed in karate.

Men

Athlete	From	Event	Pool round				Semifinals	Final / BM
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eduard Gasparian	Russia	84 kg	Duan  (CHN) L 1–3	Chobotar  (UKR) L 0–4	Shimada  (JPN) L 0–2	4	Did not advance

Muaythai

Main article: Muaythai at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	From	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
			Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Konstantin Shakhtarin	Russia	Men's –71 kg	Branis  (ISR) W 30–27	Spéth  (HUN) W 30–27	Franzosi  (ITA) W 30–26
Anna Safeeva		Women's –54 kg	Kierczyńska  (POL) L 27–30	Did not advance
Marina Bespalova		Women's –60 kg	Płachta  (POL) W 30–27	Han  (CHN) L 27–30	Kamtakrapoom  (THA) L 28–29	4

Sambo

Main article: Sambo at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	From	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sheikh-Mansur Khabibulaev	Russia	Men's –64 kg	Difalco  (ITA) W 4–0TV	Voropaiev  (UKR) W 4–0TV	Rakhmetollin  (KAZ) W 3–0TV
Rolan Zinnatov		Men's –71 kg	El-Bitar  (EGY) W 4–0TV	Zamirbek Uulu  (KGZ) W 6–0VP	Kucherenko  (UKR) L 1–6VP
Ovanes Abgarian		Men's –79 kg	Vardanyan  (ARM) W 10–0TV	Bessala Awono  (CMR) W 4–0TV	Rudnev  (UKR) L 0–3VP
Abusupiyan Alikhanov		Men's –88 kg	Colquhoun  (JAM) W 9–1VP	Khasanboev  (UZB) W 1–0VP	Davydenko  (UKR) L 1–4VP
Magomed Gasanov		Men's –98 kg	Van den Brink  (NED) W 10–2TV	Murotov  (UZB) W 10–0VP	Avanesyan  (ARM) L 2–3TV
Mariia Doroshenko		Women's –54 kg	Campos  (VEN) L 1–9VP	Did not advance
Nina Serdiuk		Women's –59 kg	Córdoba  (CRC) W 2–0TV	Enkhbaataryn  (MGL) L 1–5VP	Lapayeva  (AIN) W 0–0TV
Yelizaveta Lapayeva	Belarus		Hovakimyan  (ARM) W 2–0TV	Azatova  (UZB) L 0–2TV	Serdiuk  (AIN) L 0–0TV	4
Sofia Istomina	Russia	Women's –65 kg	Peña  (DOM) W 7–1VP	Block  (ISR) W 6–0VP	Bobokulova  (UZB) W 2–2VP
Alesia Medvedeva		Women's –72 kg	Uran-Ölziigiin  (MGL) L 2–9VP	Did not advance

Wakeboarding

Main article: Wakeboarding at the 2025 World Games

Athlete	From	Event	Heat		Last chance qualifiers		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ira Ryzhova	Russia	Women's cable wakeboard	57.40	2 Q	Bye		37.60	5	Did not advance

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2025 World Games

Individual Neutral Athletes qualified two athlete.

Sanda

Athlete	From	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Viktoriia Kriukova	Russia	Women's sanda 60 kg	Nguyễn  (VIE) LWPD	Did not advance
Anastasiia Kotova		Women's sanda 70 kg	Aly  (EGY) L 0–2	Did not advance

References

1. "Qualifications for TWG 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
2. "Qualifications for The World Games 2025: Already 39 Countries on the List for Chengdu". The World Games. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
3. "TWG Sports". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.