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Snowboard cross: a Quebecer in the next round

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4 years ago

February 9, 2022

Snowboard cross: a Quebecer in the next round

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ZHANGJIAKOU, China – Quebecer Audrey McManiman posted the 13th time during the qualifying session for the snowboard cross round of 16 at the Beijing Olympics on Wednesday.

McManiman, a native of Saint-Charles-Borromée, took 13th place thanks to her descent of 1:24.98 minutes. In the round of 16, she will cross swords with the American Stacy Gaskill (4th place), the German Jana Fischer (20th place) and the Italian Sofia Belingheri (29th place).

British Columbian Meryeta Odine was the top Canadian. She produced the 3rd fastest time in qualifying with a time of 1:23.01. She will face Australian Josie Baff (ranked 14), ROC athlete Alexandra Parshina (ranked 19) and China’s He Feng (ranked 30) in the round of 16.

The classification session took place in a time trial format. The 32 snowboarders obtained their ticket for the round of 16.

In the round of 16, the races will pit four riders against each other. The first two to cross the finish line will qualify for the quarter-finals.

The other Canadians in the running, Zoe Bergermann and Tess Critchlow finished 24th and 26th respectively.

Italian Michela Moioli set the best time of the day with a time of 1:22.19.

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A 77-year-old Russian woman received an international award for the best gaming moment in the shooter CS2

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1 week ago

December 15, 2025

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A 77-year-old Russian woman received an international award for the best gaming moment in the shooter CS2

Olga Ivanovna / Photo: © Social networks of Olga Ivanovna

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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Biathlete Metelya won the individual race at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen

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2 weeks ago

December 11, 2025

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Biathlete Metelya won the individual race at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen

Victoria Metelya / Photo: © Denis Bushkovsky / Match TV

Russian biathlete Victoria Metelya won the individual race at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Tyumen.

She covered the 12.5 km distance in 35 minutes 11 seconds, without making a single mistake on four shooting ranges.

The second was Yulia Kovalenko (2 misses), who was 52.9 seconds behind the winner. The third result was shown by Kristina Reztsova (+1.02.4; 3 misses).

The men’s individual race had previously been moved from Thursday to Friday, December 12.

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“We jumped to conclusions.” The SBR named the real reasons for postponing the men’s individual race at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen

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2 weeks ago

December 11, 2025

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“We jumped to conclusions.” The SBR named the real reasons for postponing the men’s individual race at the Russian Cup stage in Tyumen

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Executive Director of the Russian Biathlon Union (SBR) Alexander Pak said on Match TV that the men’s individual race at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Tyumen was not postponed due to a power failure.

The race will take place on December 12, starting at 10:00 Moscow time. The competition was originally scheduled for Thursday, December 11th. Earlier, the press service of the SBR reported that the race was postponed due to an accident in the electrical network supplying the lighting of the Pearl of Siberia complex.

— Before all competitions we conduct TV tests. And we determined that the lighting on the track, unfortunately, is not enough for a high-quality TV broadcast. Therefore, we decided to postpone the start date. So that athletes can run in comfortable conditions, so that TV viewers can see a high-quality picture.

– Are we talking about an accident? Technical solution?

– Yes, at first we rushed to the conclusion. There is no accident,” Pak said on Match TV.

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