There was speculation that Nike would be involved again with the independent athletes in the coming Olympics, but a spokeswoman for the company noted that it was no longer an official sponsor of the I.O.C., and that it had not been approached about uniforms for Russians. (If a whole team of independent Russian hockey players were to pass the vetting process, Nike would provide the jerseys, as the sport’s official Olympic outfitter.)

The I.O.C. has not, it turns out, figured out the details of the uniforms for independents. All it has decided is that the pieces will say “Olympic Athlete From Russia” — or O.A.R.

(Potentially catchy, that.)

According to the I.O.C. media office, decisions have not been made about the company that will make the uniforms, the color of the uniform or how big the word Russia might be on them. Those decisions will fall to a working group run by Nicole Hoevertsz, a onetime synchronized swimmer from Aruba — formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles — and an I.O.C. member since 2006. The organization declined to specify a deadline for its decisions, which are, after all, fraught — potentially precedent-setting and rife with possible repercussions.