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Nine days later, Fanny Smith collects her medal

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4 years ago

February 26, 2022

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Nine days later, Fanny Smith collects her medal

The Swiss Fanny Smith, downgraded in the skicross final of the Beijing Olympics on February 17, finally recovers the bronze medal at the expense of the German Daniela Maier, the International Ski Federation (FIS) said on Saturday.

Fanny Smith (29), already a bronze medalist in 2018, was downgraded from 3rd to 4th place after the race, the jury finding that she had embarrassed the German with an illicit movement, triggering the anger of the skier and the Swiss clan.

“The appeal board met four times to review both the videos and the written arguments for hours […] concluding that the proximity of the runners at this time of the race made this action unintentional and inevitable”, writes the FIS in a press release sent nine days after the race, while the Olympics have ended since February 20.

With this 3rd place, Switzerland won a 15th medal in this edition of the Olympics, with Germany down to 26 medals.

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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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2 weeks 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.

Source: Sportbox

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The Swedish team won the women’s relay at the KM biathlon stage in Hochfilzen

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2 weeks ago

December 13, 2025

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The Swedish team won the women’s relay at the KM biathlon stage in Hochfilzen

Anna Magnusson / Photo: © Kevin Voigt / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru

The Swedish women’s biathlon team won gold in the 4×6 km relay at the second stage of the World Cup in Hochfilzen (Austria).

The Swedish team, consisting of Ella Halvarsson, Anna Magnusson, Elvira and Hanna Oeberg, recorded a time of 1 hour 6 minutes 52.4 seconds, using seven extra rounds and avoiding penalty loops.

The second place was taken by the Norwegian team (Marte Johansen, Ingrid Tandrevold, Caroline Knotten, Maren Kirkade; +40.3 seconds, 9 additional rounds and 0 penalty loops). The German team closed the top three (Anna Weidel, Julia Tannheimer, Janina Hettich, Vanessa Voigt; +51.3 seconds; 8+0).

The World Cup in Hochfilzen ends on Sunday.

Source: Sportbox

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Eduard Latypov won the sprint at the Russian Biathlon Cup stage in Tyumen

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2 weeks ago

December 13, 2025

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Eduard Latypov won the sprint at the Russian Biathlon Cup stage in Tyumen

Eduard Latypov (center) / Photo: © Artem Sonsin / SBR

Olympic bronze medalist Eduard Latypov won the sprint race at the second stage of the Alfa-Bank Russian Biathlon Cup in Tyumen.

Latypov covered the 10 km distance in 21 minutes 39.2 seconds, without making a single mistake at two shooting ranges. The second was Olympic bronze medalist Karim Khalili (lag – 24.6 seconds; 0 misses), the top three was rounded out by Alexander Povarnitsyn (+29.2; 0 misses).

On Sunday, at the stage of the Russian Cup in Tyumen, men’s and women’s mass starts will be held.

Watch live broadcasts of the races on the Match TV and Match! Planet”, the broadcast will also be available on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

Source: Sportbox

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