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.

President of the Russian Biathlon Union (SBR) Viktor Maigurov said on Match TV that the consideration of the Russian side’s appeal against the decision of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) to exclude Russian athletes from international competitions will most likely take place in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in early February.

Russian biathletes have been suspended from international competitions since 2022 due to the conflict in Ukraine. In December, the RBU announced that a lawsuit had been filed with CAS to challenge the exclusion of athletes from Russia from competing under the auspices of the IBU. The International Biathlon Union refused to expedite the claim.

— I talked to CAS about the claim for two days. The IBU is delaying (the consideration of the claim) by hook or by crook. There are no clear regulations in CAS, but, as our lawyers said, this is the beginning of February,” Maigurov said on Match TV.

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.