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Zhurova: “Perhaps only young athletes from Russia will be allowed to participate in the Olympic Games. You can’t count on a large number of medals.”
Olympic champion, State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova told Match TV that we should not expect a large number of medals from Russian athletes at the 2026 Olympics due to the admission criteria.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will take place from 6 to 22 February in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. Russian athletes will be able to take part in competitions in some sports in a neutral status.
— Perhaps only young athletes from Russia will be allowed to participate in the Olympics. For them, this is, of course, an experience. But you can’t count on a large number of medals. This will be one of the first international starts for our youth. This is a definite test. But, for example, our skaters managed to qualify, even without international experience, I hope they will succeed at the Olympics. But in any case, there will not be many medals, and the impression will be as if Russia is performing poorly. This was the case at the Olympics in Korea, there were only two gold medals. But there was a vivid impression from them,” Zhurova told Match TV.
On Tuesday, the Russian Ski Federation (FLGR) announced that the council of the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) had extended the suspension of the Russians. The FIS later confirmed that the council had voted against the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in the qualifying competitions for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in a neutral status. Russian skiers have not competed in international competitions since 2022.
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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.
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Two-time Olympic champion in biathlon, Russian Anna Bogaliy, is included in the database of the Ukrainian website “Peacemaker”*, as evidenced by the resource data.
As noted, Bogaliy is charged with charges including an attempt on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. She took part in the “Russia – a Sports Power” forum, which was held in Samara in November 2025, and spoke at the panel discussion “The Ethics of Sports as a Culture of Fair Play.”
Bogaliy is 46 years old and won relay gold at the 2006 and 2010 Olympics. She also has three victories at the world championships in relay races, silver in the sprint and bronze in the pursuit.
* The site is recognized as extremist and banned in Russia.
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The Russian Biathlon Union filed a lawsuit with CAS regarding the non-admission of Russian athletes to competitions under the auspices of the IBU
Photo: © Russian Biathlon Union
The Russian Biathlon Union (SBR) filed a lawsuit with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) regarding the inadmissibility of Russian athletes to competitions under the auspices of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), Sergei Averyanov, head of the SBR press service, told Match TV.
On Wednesday, the Russian Minister of Sports and Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee, Mikhail Degtyarev, said that the Russian side would appeal to CAS on December 10 due to the removal of biathletes from international competitions. RBU President Viktor Maigurov said that the organization will ask CAS to consider the issue under an accelerated procedure.
— The lawsuit was filed today. A Swiss law firm is looking into this issue,” Averyanov told Match TV.
Russian biathletes have been suspended from international competitions since 2022.
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