AIN is not a country; it is the Olympic code for Individual Neutral Athletes , from the French “Athlètes Individuels Neutres.”

These athletes are mainly from Russia and Belarus who are allowed to compete under strict neutrality conditions after their countries were banned because of the war in Ukraine and prior doping sanctions.

They do not compete under any national flag or anthem, and AIN has its own neutral flag and a lyric‑free anthem created for this designation.