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Finland will play for the gold medal

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4 years ago

April 20, 2022

Sophia

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BEIJING, China — Harri Sateri shot 28 perfect as Finland shut out Slovakia 2-0 Friday at the Beijing Olympics men’s hockey tournament.

Sateri, a fourth-round pick of the San Jose Sharks in 2008, shut the door on the Slovaks after his team took a first-period lead.

Sakari Manninen and Harri Pesonen, in an empty net, shone the red light for Finland, who finished top of Group C.

Finland is in the final of the men’s Olympic hockey tournament for the first time since 2006. They have never won the gold medal.

Patrik Rybar gave up once on 26 shots in front of Slovakia, who had caused the upset by eliminating the United States in the quarter-finals.

Manninen opened the scoring with just over four minutes remaining in the first period. He jumped on a return shot to slip the puck under Rybar’s pad.

Finland protected their lead in the third period and Pesonen sealed the game by doubling their lead into an empty net.

In the other semi-final, which will take place later on Friday, Sweden will face the ROC athletes.

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Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.

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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

Thomas

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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Thomas Astudillo is a sports journalist and author who writes for Sportish. He has a deep love and knowledge of sports, and is known for his engaging and informative writing on the latest sports news and events.

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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

Thomas

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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2 weeks ago

December 20, 2025

Thomas

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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