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NHL Commissioner Bettman expressed concern about the quality of the 2026 Olympics rinks
Gary Bettman / Photo: © Tomi Hänninen / Newspix24 / Global Look Press
The NHL leadership is concerned about the conditions in which the league’s star hockey players will play at the 2026 Olympic Games, ESPN reports.
According to the source, the construction of the main Olympic hockey arena “Santa Giulia” in Milan is being delayed. Test events that were scheduled for December have been postponed and may not take place at all. Thus, the quality of the Olympic ice at the new 16,000-seat stadium may not be checked until the start of official matches.
— Over the past two years, we have been concerned about the condition of both Olympic skating rinks, especially the main skating rink. However, this is the responsibility of the IOC. We are here as invited guests, but they know about our concerns.
We expect them to deliver on all their promises and create first-class infrastructure. If it gets to a certain point, we’ll have to deal with it. The IOC and IIHF constantly assure us that everything will be fine,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was quoted as saying by ESPN.
According to the latest data, the Santa Giulia Arena will be commissioned just before the start of the Olympic Games, which will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo (Italy). The official opening of the Olympics will take place on February 6, but the hockey tournament starts a day earlier. On February 5, the women’s teams will play their first group stage matches.
Source: Sportbox
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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.
Source: Sportbox
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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.
Source: Sportbox
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Belarusian Anton Smolsky won the pursuit race at the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in Tchaikovsky (Perm region)
The Olympic silver medalist covered the 12.5 km distance in 33 minutes 50 seconds, without making a single mistake.
Russian Daniil Serohvostov finished second (lag – 26.9 seconds; 3 misses), the top three was rounded out by another Russian representative Eduard Latypov (+54.4; 4 misses).
Later on Saturday there will be a women’s 10km pursuit. Watch the live broadcast of the competition from 10:50 (Moscow time) on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
Source: Sportbox
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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