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Thomas Bach stood up for Russian athletes after the words of the head of the NOC of Denmark
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, criticized the President of the National Olympic Committee of Denmark, Hans Natorp, for his words about the “Russians”.
Previously, Natorp opposed the return of Russian athletes to participate in international competitions. “We do not believe that the Russians should return,” said the Norwegian.
“We will not treat everyone with the same brush because of the actions of their government. This situation presents us with an insoluble dilemma. On the one hand, we cannot fully live up to our Olympic mission, which is to protect athletes and unite the whole world in a peaceful competition. We have all always agreed and insisted on this principle in the past when athletes from one country or another refused to compete with athletes from another country for political reasons.
We insisted on this principle because everyone agreed that such unifying peaceful competition is at the core of our mission. Now, unfortunately, in this unique situation, the only way to protect this mission was to recommend the non-participation of athletes only because of their passport. Sanctions can and should only be applied to those who are responsible for something, Bach said at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) in Seoul.
At the end of February, after the start of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, the IOC executive committee recommended that international federations not allow Russians and Belarusians to compete under their auspices. Many federations followed the recommendations and suspended athletes from the two countries, some allowed them to participate in a neutral status.
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Swedish biathlete Hanna Oeberg won the sprint race at the third stage of the World Cup in Annecy (France).
Oeberg covered the 7.5 km distance in 19 minutes 24.9 seconds and did not make a single mistake on two shooting ranges. The Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot (+3.3 seconds; no misses) was second; the top three was rounded out by the Italian Dorothea Wierer (+11.4; no misses).
The leader of the overall standings, Swede Anna Magnusson (+1.23.4; 2) finished 38th.
On Friday, the men’s sprint will take place at the World Cup in Annecy.
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The leader of the rating of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), Victoria Metelya, will not perform at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory) for health reasons, host Dmitry Zanin said on Match TV.
The third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup will be held in Tchaikovsky on December 19–21. Sprint races are scheduled for Friday, pursuit races for Saturday, and mass starts for Sunday.
“Victoria Metelya, the leader of the SBR rating, where all races of the season are counted, will not compete in Tchaikovsky, because she is very ill, she has taken ill,” Zanin said on the air of the “Everyone for the Match!” program. on the Match TV channel.
Watch live broadcasts of the races on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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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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