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Wust decorated with a 12th medal; Blondin finishes 13th

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4 years ago

February 7, 2022

Wust decorated with a 12th medal; Blondin finishes 13th

Canadian skater Ivanie Blondin had to settle for 13th place in the 1,500 meter event on Monday at the National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing.

Blondin (1:56.49) fell more than three seconds behind wave partner Irene Wust of the Netherlands (1:53.28), who was defending her Olympic title.

It was the fifth time that Wust, a long track legend, stood on the podium at the Olympics in this distance, she who also won a 12th career medal.

The podium was completed by Japan’s Miho Takagi, 44 hundredths behind Wust, and Wust’s compatriot Antoinette de Jong.

The other Canadian in the running, Maddison Pearman, set the 24th best time of the competition.

Having also competed in the 3000m event on the first day of competition (she finished 14th), Blondin’s busy Olympics are far from over yet.

She will compete in the 5,000 meters and the mass start – in which she is considered a medal hopeful – in addition to being a member of the team pursuit.

Blondin and her teammates Isabelle Weidemann, as well as Valérie Maltais, are possibly the most formidable team in Beijing, having won gold in each of the last three stages of the World Cup.

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The IOC denied the threat of disruption of the Olympics in Italy due to lack of snow

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14 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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The IOC denied the threat of disruption of the Olympics in Italy due to lack of snow

Winter Olympic Games 2026 / Photo: © NurPhoto / Contributor / NurPhoto / Gettyimages.ru

The press service of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) told Match TV that there are no concerns about the lack of snow for competitions at the Olympics in Italy.

The Winter Olympic Games will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy) from February 6 to 22.

— Earlier there was information that competitions at the Olympic Games in Italy may not take place due to lack of snow. How can you comment on this?

“This information is completely unfounded, as you have probably already seen from watching a number of international winter sports competitions that have recently taken place in the region. Preparations are going very well, the venues are being prepared, the athletes are looking forward to the opening ceremony on February 6,” the IOC press service told Match TV.

Source: Sportbox

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ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee

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15 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee

The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Mikhail Degtyarev said that the ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee.

— On the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tashkent, I met with the President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Vice-President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), member of the IOC Olympism 365 Commission, His Highness Sheikh Joan bin Hamad Al-Thani.

We discussed issues of bilateral interaction. We agreed to prepare for signing a memorandum of cooperation between the Olympic Committees of Russia and Qatar.

I am sure this will open up new opportunities for the development of sports, support for young athletes and strengthening the partnership between our countries,” Degtyarev wrote in his Telegram channel.

Source: Sportbox

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Belarusian biathletes won the mixed relay at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Raubichi

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16 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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Belarusian biathletes won the mixed relay at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Raubichi

Dinara Smolskaya / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov

Belarusian biathletes Dinara Smolskaya, Anna Sola, Stepan Danilov and Anton Smolsky won the mixed relay at the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Raubichi.

The athletes representing the Belarus-1 team showed a time of 1 hour 18 minutes 48 seconds (0 penalty loops + 3 additional rounds).

The Russia-1 team finished second (Anastasia Khalili, Natalia Shevchenko, Saveliy Konovalov and Kirill Bazhin; 0+7; backlog – 36.3 seconds), the Russia-2 team closed the top three (Anastasia Tomshina, Victoria Slivko, Evgeniy Sidorov, Eduard Latypov; 0+7; +1.23.6).

The next stage of the Commonwealth Cup will be held in Sochi from February 11 to 15.

Watch live broadcasts of the Commonwealth Cup races on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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