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The IOC may limit the number of venues where the Winter Olympics will be held
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) may reduce the list of potential candidates for hosting the Winter Olympic Games due to climate change in the world, said the head of the IOC commission for choosing the hosts of the Winter Olympics, Karl Stoss.
According to research by University of Waterloo professor Daniel Scott and University of Innsbruck associate professor Robert Steiger, which the IOC relies on, of the 93 mountain regions with the infrastructure to host winter sports competitions, only 52 have the required snow depth and temperatures low enough to be able to organize the Winter Olympics in the 2050s. By the 2080s, this number may decrease to 30, this is influenced by the dynamics of reducing carbon dioxide emissions on the planet.
The IOC is considering creating a “permanent pool” of suitable venues and rotating them, Stoss said, as quoted by The Associated Press. It’s also possible the Olympics will be held earlier in the season as March becomes too warm for the Paralympics.
He also noted that the IOC requires host countries to minimize water and electricity consumption and avoid unnecessary construction. Ultimately, the number of sports, athletes and spectators attending the Games will have to be reduced, Stoss admits.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo from February 6 to 22.
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The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Mikhail Degtyarev said that the ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee.
— On the sidelines of the General Assembly of the Olympic Council of Asia in Tashkent, I met with the President of the Qatar Olympic Committee, Vice-President of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), member of the IOC Olympism 365 Commission, His Highness Sheikh Joan bin Hamad Al-Thani.
We discussed issues of bilateral interaction. We agreed to prepare for signing a memorandum of cooperation between the Olympic Committees of Russia and Qatar.
I am sure this will open up new opportunities for the development of sports, support for young athletes and strengthening the partnership between our countries,” Degtyarev wrote in his Telegram channel.
Source: Sportbox
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Belarusian biathletes Dinara Smolskaya, Anna Sola, Stepan Danilov and Anton Smolsky won the mixed relay at the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Cup in Raubichi.
The athletes representing the Belarus-1 team showed a time of 1 hour 18 minutes 48 seconds (0 penalty loops + 3 additional rounds).
The Russia-1 team finished second (Anastasia Khalili, Natalia Shevchenko, Saveliy Konovalov and Kirill Bazhin; 0+7; backlog – 36.3 seconds), the Russia-2 team closed the top three (Anastasia Tomshina, Victoria Slivko, Evgeniy Sidorov, Eduard Latypov; 0+7; +1.23.6).
The next stage of the Commonwealth Cup will be held in Sochi from February 11 to 15.
Watch live broadcasts of the Commonwealth Cup races on the Match TV channel, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
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Commonwealth Biathlon Cup: when does it start, where to watch the mixed relay online on January 25
On Sunday, January 25, at the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in the Belarusian Raubichi, a mixed relay will be held.
The competition will begin at 13:45 Moscow time. The live broadcast will be available from 13:35 on the Match TV and Match! Arena”, as well as on the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
10 teams will take part in the race, consisting of four biathletes each (2 men and 2 women). The relay has four stages of 6 kilometers each.
Team compositions:
1. Russia-1: Anastasia Khalili, Natalia Shevchenko, Saveliy Konovalov, Kirill Bazhin;
2. Belarus‑1: Dinara Smolskaya, Anna Sola, Stepan Danilov, Anton Smolsky;
3. Russia-2: Anastasia Tomshina, Victoria Slivko, Evgeny Sidorov, Eduard Latypov;
4. Belarus‑2: Irina Shakleina, Elena Kulak, Maxim Vorobey, Nikita Lobastov;
5. Russia-3: Tamara Derbusheva, Yulia Kovalenko, Alexander Povarnitsyn, Oleg Domichek;
6. Belarus-3: Ksenia Vorobey, Alina Zaitseva, Pavel Belko, Dmitry Lazovsky;
7. Russia-4: Victoria Metelya, Anastasia Grishina, Ivan Kolotov, Daniil Usov;
8. Russia-5: Irina Kazakevich, Inna Tereshchenko, Mikhail Strebko, Andrey Ostapiy;
9. Russia-6: Svetlana Mironova, Anastasia Shevchenko, Egor Prokudin, Yaroslav Konkin;
10. Russia-7: Elizaveta Nasotovich, Anastasia Egorova, Vyacheslav Maleev, Ilnaz Muzamedzyanov.
Source: Sportbox
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