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“Europe continues to buy Russian gas.” Skier Stepanova considers the removal of Russians from competitions hypocritical
Olympic champion in cross-country skiing Veronika Stepanova considers the decision of international federations regarding Russian athletes hypocritical, as European countries continue to use Russia’s resources.
– Dozens, if not hundreds of people from the West have already written to me – probably, these thoughts are especially popular there. If European countries continue to buy and consume Russian gas, oil, grain, fertilizers, metals, and so on, why is there a ban on entertainment involving Russian athletes? There is such a popular expression in English: hypocrisy much? (Isn’t there too much hypocrisy?), – quotes the words of Stepanova “Match TV”.
At the end of February, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended that sports federations prevent Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in competitions due to the situation in Ukraine. Many international federations have followed this recommendation.
Source: Sportbox
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Commonwealth Biathlon Cup: when did it start, where to watch the live broadcast of the men’s sprint on January 23
On Friday, January 23, at the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup in the Belarusian Raubichi, the men’s sprint race will be held.
The competition will begin at 15:30 Moscow time. The live broadcast will be available from 15:20 on the Match TV and Match! Arena”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
45 athletes will compete at the start of the pursuit. The world champion in this discipline Alexander Loginov will go into the race in fifth place, the leader of the small classification Eduard Latypov will start the race in 16th place, and Belarusian Anton Smolsky, who leads the overall standings of the Commonwealth Cup, will start the race in 22nd place. Also performing in the sprint will be Kirill Bazhin, Karim Khalili, Daniil Serohvostov, Alexander Povarnitsyn and others.
Source: Sportbox
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Commonwealth Biathlon Cup: when did it start, where to watch the live broadcast of the women’s sprint on January 23
On Friday, January 23, a women’s sprint race will be held in Raubichi, Belarus, which will open the competitive program of the fourth stage of the Alfa-Bank Commonwealth Biathlon Cup.
The athletes will start the 7.5 km distance at 12:00 Moscow time. Watch the live broadcast of the race from 11:50 on the TV channels “Match TV” and “Match! Arena”, as well as the websites matchtv.ru and sportbox.ru.
38 athletes entered the sprint. The race will be attended by Olympic silver medalists Irina Kazakevich, Kristina Reztsova and Svetlana Mironova, as well as Natalia Shevchenko, Inna Tereshchenko, Victoria Slivko, Victoria Metelya, Anastasia Khalili, Elizaveta Burundukova and other Russians.
Olympic champion Dinara Smolskaya, world championship bronze medalist Anna Sola, Elena Kulak, Irina Shakleina, Ksenia Vorobey, Victoria Shashkova and Anna Pestereva will compete for Belarus.
Source: Sportbox
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Korostelev, Nepryaeva, Korzhova and Semenova accepted invitations from the IOC to the Olympics
Savely Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva / Photo: © Leo Authamayou/NordicFocus / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru, Grega Valancic/VOIGT / Contributor / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
Russian skiers Savely Korostelev and Daria Nepryaeva, as well as speed skaters Ksenia Korzhova and Anastasia Semenova, accepted invitations from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to participate in the 2026 Olympics in Italy, the organization’s press service reports.
Invitations to athletes were sent in January. Also earlier, Russian figure skaters Pyotr Gumennik and Adelia Petrosyan, ski mountaineer Nikita Filippov and short track skaters Ivan Posashkov and Alena Krylova agreed to the IOC invitations.
The Olympic Games will take place from 6 to 22 February in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. The Russians will compete at the competition in a neutral status.
Source: Sportbox
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