Photo credit: youtube.com Three gold medals in four types of the World Figure Skating Championship program went to Russian athletes and, with a great advantage, they became the 1st in the team competition. The national team has 6 awards - three gold, one silver and two bronze ones....
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Krasnoyarsk athlete Nikolai Kaklimov pulled up 4098 times in 6 hours, surpassing the previous world record by more than 200 pull-ups. The result, shown by the 59-year-old Russian, will be passed on to representatives of the Guinness Book of Records, TASS...
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Athlete Alexei Molchanov plunged 80 meters under the ice of Baikal, the Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper writes. His achievement will be included in the Guinness Book of Records. It was recorded in the Irkutsk region, in the Zmeina Bay.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has banned the use of the Katyusha song to honor Russian athletes during the awards ceremonies at the upcoming Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo and Beijing. Due to the sanctions of the World Anti-Doping...
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Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev won the main prize of the tournament in Marseille and moved up to the 2nd place in the ranking of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP). Before the competition in France, the Russian...
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Russian snowboarders at competitions in Slovenia became twice world champions and three times prize-winners of the championship. The World Championship was held in parallel disciplines. According to the leaders of the Russian national team, on the...
Russian skier Alexander Bolshunov won the gold medal at the World Championship for the first time in his career. Bolshunov got the award at the skiathlon race in Oberstdorf (Germany). The Russian overtook the Norwegian skiers, who were considered the leaders of the championship, TASS reports.
Five Norwegian skiers and the Russian took part in the struggle for victory at a 30-kilometer distance during the race. Demonstrating brilliant sportsmanship and endurance,...
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Russian woman Daria Kasatkina won the main prize of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament with a prize fund of more than $235,000, the competition was held in Melbourne. For the 23-year-old Kasatkina, the victory was...
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Russian Daniil Medvedev claims to win one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in the world - the Australian Open, which takes place in Melbourne. If the trophy goes to the most rated Russian tennis...
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The Russian national hockey team won all 3 matches of the 3rd stage of the Eurotour, which took place in Sweden, and became the winner of the competition ahead of schedule. The Euro Hockey Tour has been held for 25 years, Russia took 1st place in the...
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The tennis players of the Russian national team won the Cup of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP Cup), the competitions were held in Melbourne, Australia, R-Sport reports. The fans were also pleased with the Russian snowboarders, who took all the...
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25 Russian-speaking football fans living in Sweden joined the Friends team. The team has big ambitions, and it plans to rise following the results of the new season - to move to a higher division. According to the coach and founder of the team, Alexei...
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Russia will host the Special Olympics Winter Games next year, the Pobeda RF website reports. For the first time in more than 50 years of the movement's existence, athletes with intellectual disabilities from more than 100 states of the world will gather in...
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The Russian team again had an impressive victory at the Dakar rally-marathon, TASS reports. The KamAZ-master team took the entire podium in the truck section. The Russians have won this category for the 18th time.
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Schoolchildren from Buryatia won a friendly match with chess players from Helsinki. The tournament was held under the slogan "Think one step ahead - preserve nature" and was timed to the Day of nature reserves and national parks, Infpol.ru...
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Dakar Rally started on Saturday, January 2, TASS reports. This is the 2nd time that Saudi Arabia has hosted it. This start of the Dakar became the 43rd. The marathon participants will start in the city of Jeddah, where they will...
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Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev became the winner of the final tournament of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which brought together the world's...
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