The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Bosco Manufactory LLC signed an agreement to return the Bosco brand as the official supplier of equipment for the Russian Olympic and national teams.

The signing ceremony of the agreement took place on Friday in the Kaluga region.

— The Olympians themselves asked to return Bosco as an outfitter for the Russian national teams — this is the decision of the ROC athletes’ commission. At the “Russia is a Sports Power” forum in Samara, we presented part of the updated collection to Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. Vladimir Vladimirovich liked it and supported it. The decision has been made: Russian national teams in all sports will have a single outfitter: from juniors to Olympic champions.

Today, together with the Olympians, we visited the Bosco manufactory and assessed how the new collection called “Golden Heritage” is being sewn, because Russia always goes to competitions for gold. The design recognizes the motifs of the historical Olympic uniforms – in Vancouver, Sochi, and Moscow. Now the task is to have time to equip our Paralympic team for the Games in Milan. In October we are preparing for the Youth Olympic Games in Dakar. We will show this beauty to the world at all international competitions. I’m sure the uniform will find a response in the hearts of the fans, will be recognizable and, of course, will bring us victories,” said Degtyarev, whose words were provided to Match TV by the ROC press service.

The “Golden Heritage” collection includes a full set of equipment for men and women: down jackets, jackets, windbreakers, vests, formal and training suits, thermal underwear, T-shirts, polos, insulated trousers and shorts. Also additionally presented are shoes and accessories – sneakers, hats, baseball caps, bags, backpacks and towels.

The Bosco company was the official outfitter of the Russian national team from 2002 to 2016.

Russian Margarita Boldyreva won the sprint race at the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup, which takes place in Raubichi (Belarus).

Boldyreva covered the 7.5 km distance in 23 minutes 58 seconds, making one mistake at two shooting ranges.

The second was another representative of Russia, Anastasia Tomshina (lag – 21.2 seconds, 1 miss), the top three was rounded out by Russian Anastasia Khalili (+21.2 seconds, 2 misses).

Later on Friday, the men’s sprint will take place in Raubichi. Watch the live broadcast of the race from 15:20 on the Match TV and Match! Arena”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.

The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev said that the maximum number of Russian participants in the 2026 Olympic Games in Italy will be 13 people.

Previously, invitations from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to the Olympics were accepted by Russian skiers Savely Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva, speed skaters Ksenia Korzhova and Anastasia Semenova, figure skaters Pyotr Gumennik and Adelia Petrosyan, ski mountaineer Nikita Filippov, as well as short track speed skaters Ivan Posashkov and Alena Krylova.

— A maximum of 13 people will compete at the Olympics. We’ll watch, we’ll definitely be rooting for it. The discussion about neutral status is difficult. As a citizen and a person who sat in the State Duma for 13 years, I understand this. But preventing athletes from performing is wrong. They compete for Russia, bring medals for Russia. And at the same time, we are recovering (at international competitions) with varying degrees of success,” Degtyarev said at the “Knowledge. State”.

The 2026 Olympics will take place in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo from February 6 to 22. The Russians will participate in the competition in a neutral status.