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FIS has confirmed that Russian athletes will not compete at the Olympics and Paralympics in 2026
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has confirmed that Russian athletes will not compete at the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Russian Ski Federation announced that the FIS had extended the suspension of Russian athletes from participation in competitions.
“The FIS Council voted on Tuesday not to facilitate the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus as individual neutrals (AIN) in the FIS qualifying competitions for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games,” the FIS statement said.
Russian athletes have been suspended from participation in competitions under the auspices of the FIS since 2022. The 2026 Olympics will take place on February 6–22, and the Paralympics on March 6–15. The competition will take place in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.
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Commonwealth Biathlon Cup: when did it start, where to watch the live broadcast of the men’s sprint race on December 19
On Friday, December 19, as part of the third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup, a men’s 10 km sprint race will be held in Tchaikovsky.
The race will start at 09:00 Moscow time. The live broadcast will be available on the Match TV, Match Arena and Match Planet TV channels from 08:35.
The starting list includes Daniil Serohvostov, Karim Khalili, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Kirill Bazhin, Alexander Loginov and others. A total of 98 athletes are participating.
You can also follow the progress of the competition on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Swedish biathlete Hanna Oeberg won the sprint race at the third stage of the World Cup in Annecy (France).
Oeberg covered the 7.5 km distance in 19 minutes 24.9 seconds and did not make a single mistake on two shooting ranges. The Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot (+3.3 seconds; no misses) was second; the top three was rounded out by the Italian Dorothea Wierer (+11.4; no misses).
The leader of the overall standings, Swede Anna Magnusson (+1.23.4; 2) finished 38th.
On Friday, the men’s sprint will take place at the World Cup in Annecy.
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The leader of the rating of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), Victoria Metelya, will not perform at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Tchaikovsky (Perm Territory) for health reasons, host Dmitry Zanin said on Match TV.
The third stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup will be held in Tchaikovsky on December 19–21. Sprint races are scheduled for Friday, pursuit races for Saturday, and mass starts for Sunday.
“Victoria Metelya, the leader of the SBR rating, where all races of the season are counted, will not compete in Tchaikovsky, because she is very ill, she has taken ill,” Zanin said on the air of the “Everyone for the Match!” program. on the Match TV channel.
Watch live broadcasts of the races on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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