Olympic Athletes from Russia

The Olympic Athletes from Russia are a team that is competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It was announced that Russia's Olympic sponsor had been banned, and only certain and neutral athletes from the country will compete in the Games. Only Russian athletes who didn't get banned for doping from the 2014 Winter Olympics in their homeland of Sochi competed.

2018 Math Open
For the 2018 Math Open at Indian Wells, they announced Pee Saderd, captain of the Russia national IndyCar team since 2003, will play for the Olympic Athletes from Russia at the tournament. The original players playing at the tournament prior to their ban were Marco Andretti who will represent Italy, Galvantula who will represent Moldova and Hydreigon who will represent Germany.

Trivia

 * The Olympic Athletes from Russia team happened in 2017 - the same year Russia were forced to withdrawal as a result of a ban on Yuliya Samoylova from entering Ukraine.
 * She was banned for years because she had illegally entered Ukraine during the Crimea time for a performance in 2015.
 * IndyCar moved Marco Andretti, Galvantula and Hydreigon to different European countries for the Math Open only:
 * Marco Andretti to Italy since his surname is Italian
 * Galvantula to Moldova due to Amoonguss just behind (#596 to #591)
 * Hydreigon to Germany due to their name and their pre evolutions being of German descent