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“I will be optimistic about the future.” Gamova hopes that Russian volleyball players will have the opportunity to qualify for the Games

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3 years ago

October 27, 2022

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“I will be optimistic about the future.” Gamova hopes that Russian volleyball players will have the opportunity to qualify for the Games

Ekaterina Gamova / Photo: © RIA Novosti/Evgeny Odinokov

Two-time world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist in volleyball Yekaterina Gamova, despite the fact that the Russian women’s and men’s teams were not allowed to qualify for the 2024 Olympics, expressed the hope that the Russians would still have the opportunity to qualify for the Games.

Earlier it became known that the men’s and women’s teams of Russia will not play in the qualifying tournament for the 2024 Olympics due to suspension from international competitions. Such information appeared on the website of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

– Somewhere implicitly, we all expected this, given the fact that this year we did not take part in the World Cup. So it was expected. But I will look to the future with hope and optimism, because the Olympic Games will not be in a month or six months – they will be in 2024. I hope that something will change during this time, and our team will have the opportunity to qualify for the Olympics,” Gamova told Gazeta.Ru.

In February, the IOC recommended that Russians and Belarusians not be allowed to compete because of the situation in Ukraine. The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) followed the recommendations of the IOC in March.

The Paris Olympics will take place from July 26 to August 11, 2024.

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Frenchwoman Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the World Cup in Annecy, Wierer came third

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2 weeks ago

December 20, 2025

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Frenchwoman Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the World Cup in Annecy, Wierer came third

Lou Jeanmonneau / Photo: © Jasmin Walter / Stringer / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

French biathlete Lou Jeanmonnot won the pursuit race at the third stage of the World Cup in Annecy (France).

The athlete, who started from the second position, covered the 10 km distance in 27 minutes 58.8 seconds, making one mistake at the shooting range.

The silver medal was won by the representative of Finland, Suvi Minkkinen (lag – 30.2 seconds, 0 misses), who climbed to the podium from sixth place at the start. Italian Dorothea Wierer repeated the result of the sprint and finished third (+32.7; 1 miss).

The winner of the sprint race, Hanna Oeberg, made four shooting errors and finished the pursuit seventh (+47.2).

Later on Saturday, the men’s pursuit race will take place at the Annecy World Cup.

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Reztsova won the pursuit race at the Commonwealth Biathlon Cup stage

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2 weeks ago

December 20, 2025

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Reztsova won the pursuit race at the Commonwealth Biathlon Cup stage

Kristina Reztsova / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov

Kristina Reztsova won the pursuit race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory)

The silver and bronze medalist of the Olympic Games covered the 10 km distance in 31 minutes 44.4 seconds, making two mistakes at the shooting range.

Inna Tereshchenko finished second (lag – 54.3 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was closed by Irina Kazakevich (+1.00.8; 3 misses).

On Sunday, at the stage of the Commonwealth Cup in Tchaikovsky, men’s (starts at 09:00 Moscow time) and women’s (12:00) mass starts will be held. Watch live broadcasts of the competition on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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Biathlete Reztsova: “Bolshunov doesn’t greet anyone. He’s just such a person in life.”

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December 20, 2025

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Biathlete Reztsova: “Bolshunov doesn’t greet anyone. He’s just such a person in life.”

Kristina Reztsova and Alexander Bolshunov / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov, RIA Novosti / Ivan Mikhailov

Biathlete Kristina Reztsova said on Match TV that skier Alexander Bolshunov does not greet her, despite the fact that they competed together at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing.

– He doesn’t even say hello! How will he give me the phone number? He doesn’t say hello to anyone at all. I don’t deserve it. So I went to one Olympics with him. After the Games we saw each other everywhere. He doesn’t greet anyone. “He’s just such a person in life,” Reztsova said on the air of the “Biathlon with Dmitry Guberniev” program.

Watch live broadcasts of the PhosAgro Russian Cup in cross-country skiing and the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in biathlon on the television channels of the Match group, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

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