Russian Paralympians won eight medals at the World Cup in cross-country skiing in Germany

Russian Paralympians won three gold, three silver and two bronze medals at the World Cup in cross-country skiing, which took place in Finsterau (Germany).

Gold was taken by Anastasia Bagiyan (competition of athletes with visual impairments, the leader athlete is Sergey Sinyakin), who won the 10 km freestyle mass start, as well as the Russian teams in the 4×2.5 km open relay (Oleg Ponomarev (with the leader athlete Andrei Romanov), Vitaly Malyshev, Alexander Pronkov, Vladislav Lekomtsev) and mixed 4×2.5 km relay race (Ivan Golubkov, Evgeniy Cherny, Bagiyan, Stanislav Chokhlaev (with leading athlete Oleg Kolodiychuk).

The winners of silver medals were Golubkov (category – “sitting”) in the individual 10 km freestyle race, Malyshev (category – “standing”) in the sprint classic style and Ponomarev (athletes with visual impairments) in the sprint classic style.

Bronze went to Lekomtsev (category – “standing”) in the 10 km freestyle mass start and Golubkova in the 10 km freestyle mass start.

The Russians performed in Finsterau with national symbols.

Participation in these competitions allows athletes to accumulate ranking points, which are a mandatory criterion for receiving two-way invitations to the 2026 Paralympic Games in Italy.

The Paralympics will take place from 6 to 15 March 2026 in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.