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“Klebo’s words about Bolshunov are quite expected. We’ve been talking about this for over a year now.” – Wartko
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The coach of the Russian national cross-country skiing team Yuri Borodavko called the expected words of the Norwegian Johannes Klebo about the absence of Russian Alexander Bolshunov at international starts this season.
On Tuesday, Klebo, in an interview with TV2, said that the athletes lack Bolshunov’s participation in the World Cup.
– I don’t want to comment on every word of Klebo at all. We ourselves know that athletes want to compete with the strongest in order to get the most out of it. The fact that the Norwegians compete with each other, few people enjoy. Klebo’s words are quite expected, and there is nothing to add to them. We’ve been talking about this for over a year now.
Does Bolshunov lack the fight against the Norwegians? Still, they see that Sasha strongly dominates in many Russian races. I have said more than once that the speed at the World Cup is much higher than in Russia. For our leaders, which include Bolshunov, there is just not enough speed and competition that was at the World Cup.
We, like many, support the idea that the strongest must fight among the strongest. Only then will both skiing enthusiasts and the athletes themselves benefit from this, ”Sport24 quotes Wartko.
Russian skiers do not take part in international tournaments under the auspices of the International Ski Federation (FIS) due to the situation in Ukraine.
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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Kristina Reztsova won the mass start at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Tyumen.
The athlete covered the 12 km distance in 34 minutes 58.2 seconds, making two mistakes at four shooting ranges. Second place went to Anastasia Grishina (+13 seconds, 0 misses), third place went to Victoria Meteli (+ 21.7 seconds, 1 miss).
The men’s mass start will take place at 12:00 Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast of the race on the Match TV channel, and the broadcast will also be available on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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Russian Biathlon Cup: when does it start, where to watch the men’s mass start online, December 14
On Sunday, December 14, as part of the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Tyumen, a men’s 15 km mass start will be held.
Watch the live broadcast of the competition on the Match TV and Match! Planet”, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru from 11:50 Moscow time. The race starts at 12:00.
60 biathletes are registered for the race, including 15 reserve athletes. Alexander Povarnitsyn, Kirill Bazhin, Karim Khalili, Anton Babikov, Alexander Loginov, Eduard Latypov, Daniil Serohvostov, Nikita Porshnev, Maxim Tsvetkov will take the starting line.
The second stage of the Russian Cup will end with this race. The next stage will take place in Demino from January 15 to 18, 2026.
Source: Sportbox
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