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“You should not be categorical about the decision of Daria Virolainen and call her a traitor” – Vasiliev
Dmitry Vasiliev / Photo: © SBR
Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Dmitry Vasiliev calmly perceives the likely transition of biathlete Daria Virolainen to the Finnish national team.
Earlier on Monday, Virolainen’s former personal coach Leonid Myakishev told Match TV that the biathlete could start playing for the Finnish national team.
– I don’t think it’s worth it to be categorical about the decision of Daria Virolainen and call her a traitor. Every person is free and free to make their own decisions.
I think that this is a question of Daria’s internal attitude to her homeland. If she played for Belarus or Ukraine, then her transition to the Finnish team was perceived more calmly. But due to the fact that Daria is Russian, and Finland is aggressively set against Russia, then everyone has a question of Virolainen’s morals.
This is Daria’s personal decision, which she is able to make herself, without our help. Under no circumstances should you blame her! Will the domestic women’s biathlon lose something after the departure of Virolainen? Hardly. Daria has not performed at a high level for a long time and does not show the speed and shooting that she had before. I think that she will not be able to compete with our other girls, ”Sport24 quotes Vasiliev.
On Sunday, Virolainen took second place in the 15 km individual race at the Finnish Summer Biathlon Championships.
Source: Sportbox
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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.
Source: Sportbox
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Two-time Olympic champion in biathlon, Russian Anna Bogaliy, is included in the database of the Ukrainian website “Peacemaker”*, as evidenced by the resource data.
As noted, Bogaliy is charged with charges including an attempt on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. She took part in the “Russia – a Sports Power” forum, which was held in Samara in November 2025, and spoke at the panel discussion “The Ethics of Sports as a Culture of Fair Play.”
Bogaliy is 46 years old and won relay gold at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics. She also has three victories at the world championships in relay races, silver in the sprint and bronze in the pursuit.
* The site is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia.
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The Russian Biathlon Union filed a lawsuit with CAS regarding the non-admission of Russian athletes to competitions under the auspices of the IBU
Photo: © Russian Biathlon Union
The Russian Biathlon Union (SBR) filed a lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the inadmissibility of Russian athletes to competitions under the auspices of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Sergei Averyanov, head of the SBR press service, told Match TV.
On Wednesday, the Russian Minister of Sports and Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee, Mikhail Degtyarev, said that the Russian side would appeal to CAS on December 10 due to the removal of biathletes from international competitions. RBU President Viktor Maigurov said that the organization will ask CAS to consider the issue under an accelerated procedure.
— The lawsuit was filed today. A Swiss law firm is looking into this issue,” Averyanov told Match TV.
Russian biathletes have been suspended from international competitions since 2022.
Source: Sportbox
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