Russian athletes are once again banned from competing under their country's flag at the Winter Olympics.
Instead, those sportspeople will compete as part of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at Beijing 2022.
That is because of a ban instated by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in 2015, after it found Russia guilty of a state-sponsored programme to give its athletes an illegal competitive edge.
As a result, the country was slapped with a four-year ban, which was eventually cut down to two following a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
It meant the Russian flag was not present at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics, which were delayed and took place last summer.
And the ban extends into these Games as well, along with the 2022 FIFA World Cup later this year – though the country has not yet secured qualification for that tournament.
While WADA decided Russia needed to be banned, it felt athletes from the country who had not been doping should not unfairly miss out on the chance for Olympic glory.
So Russian athletes who can prove they are clean are still able to compete, though they will be treated as neutral athletes under the ROC.
In total, there are 204 men and women competing under that banner this month in Beijing.
Neither the name Russia nor the ROC will be displayed at any official venues at the Games, and nor will the flag be flown.
Athletes will wear a kit which features Russia's traditional colours, but designers must take care not to include the Russian flag itself in the design, while any other recognised national symbols are also banned.
If a Russian athlete were to win a medal, instead of the Russian flag the Olympic symbol will be flown instead while Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No 1 will be played in the place of the national anthem.
Meanwhile, Russia is dominating the news headlines heading into these Games as it threatens a conflict with Ukraine.
Around 100,000 Russian troops are currently stationed on the border between the two countries, and the threat of invasion is real amid a tense political situation.
President Vladimir Putin is currently in China for the Winter Olympics, and experts have suggested that he is unlikely to act during the Games and overshadow ally Xi Jinping's moment in the international sun.
At the Olympics themselves, not much has been affected though Ukrainian athletes have been told by their government not to stand too close to ROC competitors or to give interviews to Russian media.
