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After Korostelev and Nepryaeva received neutral statuses, all other skiers began to receive waivers from FIS, Sorina said

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6 days ago

January 19, 2026

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After Korostelev and Nepryaeva received neutral statuses, all other skiers began to receive waivers from FIS, Sorina said

Tatyana Sorina / Photo: © Denis Bushkovsky / Match TV

Olympic champion Tatyana Sorina said that after Savely Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva were assigned neutral status, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) began to refuse all other athletes.

On Saturday, skier Sergei Volkov said on Match TV that he had appealed to CAS the FIS decision to deny him neutral status. In addition, Alina Pekletsova and Ivan Gorbunov reported that they were also denied neutral status.

“I still don’t understand what principles FIS was guided by when considering our applications. There were no explanations. Saveliy, Dasha and I were the first to send applications; after us, Sergei Ardashev did it, but he, like me, received a refusal. Then everyone started getting refusals,” Sorina told RT.

Sorina also spoke about the presence of her husband Yegor Sorin at the World Cup.

“He planned this as soon as it became known that the guys [Коростелеву и Непряевой] status approval has arrived. We just didn’t expect the departure to take so long. They made plans for the New Year, but Yegor could not return, she said.

In December, Korostelev and Nepryaeva received neutral status from the FIS to participate in the competition. They are the only Russian skiers who have access to international tournaments.

Source: Sportbox

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ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee

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3 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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ROC will sign a memorandum of cooperation with the Qatar Olympic Committee

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.

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Belarusian biathletes won the mixed relay at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Raubichi

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4 hours ago

January 25, 2026

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Belarusian biathletes won the mixed relay at the Commonwealth Cup stage in Raubichi

Dinara Smolskaya / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Filippov

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

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20 hours ago

January 24, 2026

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Commonwealth Biathlon Cup: when does it start, where to watch the mixed relay online on January 25

Anna Sola / Photo: © Denis Bushkovsky / Match TV

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.