Speed skater Ksenia Korzhova will compete at the Olympics on February 7.

Russian athlete Ksenia Korzhova will compete in the women's 3,000 m speed skating competition at the Olympic Games in Italy on Saturday, February 7. The competition will start at 18:00 Moscow time.

The skater will represent Russia in a neutral status, without using national symbols.

Ksenia Korzhova was born on September 30, 2004 in Olenegorsk, Murmansk region. She has a twin sister, Victoria. The future athlete received her first skates at the age of seven. At first, the girls tried figure skating, but Ksenia quickly lost interest in it. On the advice of her grandmother, Ksenia joined the skating section, and her grandfather began to keep a diary of her granddaughter's achievements.

The athlete began her international career in 2021, when she won two bronze medals at the Junior World Cup in Inzell (Germany) — in the 3000 m and in the mass start. In 2022, she became the silver medalist of the Junior World Championships in the team race and won the Russian Junior Championship, winning four distances. After the suspension of Russian athletes from international competitions, Korzhova successfully competed at national tournaments, including the Russian-Chinese Winter Games, where she won silver and bronze.

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The competition will be held in February 2026 in Italy.

In 2023-2024, the athlete was repeatedly among the winners of the Russian junior championships, and by the end of 2024 she became a two-time national champion at distances of 3000 and 5000 m, as well as a silver medalist at 1500 m. In 2025, she won the Russian championship in the classic all-around and the team race at the Strongest Cup in Minsk.

In 2025, Korzhova received ISU neutral status and made her World Cup debut. In Salt Lake City, she took bronze in the 3000 m, in Calgary she entered the top 15, and in Hamar she won with a score of 4:04.48. At the end of the season, she took 17th place in the overall long-distance competition and qualified for the 2026 Olympics.

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