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Russian national team is preparing for the Olympic Games in Paris, and in case of non-admission, alternative competitions will be held – Russian Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko
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Russian athletes continue to prepare for the upcoming Summer Olympic Games in Paris 2024. In the event that they are not allowed to compete, an alternative tournament will be held in Russia, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko told Interfax.
– The Russian team continues to prepare for the Games. If they don’t, then there will be alternative competitions, as we did with the Paralympic Games in Khanty-Mansiysk.
We are working on a program for our national teams and continue to prepare them, despite the sanctions restrictions. Training is carried out at our five federal sports bases, regional facilities. On behalf of the President, we are rapidly replacing the venues where our national teams trained and which ended up in unfriendly countries. Therefore, now is just the time to create them here, especially in the conditions of middle mountains for endurance training,” Chernyshenko noted.
Also, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, in 2022 more than 210 international sports competitions in 50 sports were planned in Russia, including the Friendship Games and We Are Together.
“Now the All-Russian Spartakiad in summer sports among the strongest athletes of our country continues, it takes place from August 10 to October 2 in 39 Olympic sports – exactly the same program as at the Games to be held in Paris,” concluded the Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation .
Earlier, the IOC called on international sports federations to remove athletes from Russia and Belarus from official competitions in connection with the situation in Ukraine.
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A 77-year-old Russian woman received an international award for the best gaming moment in the shooter CS2
Russian streamer Olga Ivanovna, known under the nickname i_olga on the Twitch platform, won the “Best Gaming Moment of 2025” category as part of the international NNYS award.
During one of the streams, a 77-year-old woman was able to create a so-called “ace” in the shooter Counter‑Strike 2 – the moment when one player defeats the entire opposing team. A video of this moment was widely shared on social networks.
The pensioner lives in Nizhny Novgorod. About 250 thousand viewers have subscribed to her channel.
The NNYS Awards annually celebrate significant moments and select the best videos across 16 categories.
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“We are ready to consider any options, but definitely no more than 2+2” – RBU President Maigurov on the admission of Russian biathletes to the Olympic Games
President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Viktor Maigurov said that the maximum quota for Russian athletes if admitted to the Olympics will be the participation of two men and two women.
The Olympic meeting was held in Moscow on Wednesday. The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev said that the Russian side will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on December 10 due to the removal of biathletes from international competitions. Maigurov later said that the Russians have a chance to qualify for the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy.
— Do you assume that if admitted, no more than one woman and one man will be admitted?
— We are ready to consider any options. We don’t count the quantity in any case. No more than 2+2 for sure,” Maigurov told a Match TV correspondent.
Russian biathletes were suspended from international competitions in 2022.
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 6 to 22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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Maigurov: “In biathlon there are World Cup stages after the New Year. There are chances for the Olympics”
President of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) Viktor Maigurov told Match TV that Russian athletes still have a chance to qualify for the 2026 Olympic Games.
The Olympic meeting was held in Moscow on Wednesday. The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev said that the Russian side will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on December 10 due to the removal of biathletes from international competitions.
— In biathlon, unlike skiing, there are still World Cup stages after the New Year. Therefore, there is hope, there are chances for the Olympics,” the Match TV correspondent reports the words of Maygurov.
Russian biathletes were suspended from international competitions in 2022.
The 2026 Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 6 to 22 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
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