Russian athletes won one medal at the 2026 Olympics

Russian athletes completed their performance at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo with one silver medal, repeating the result of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

The only winner of the award was ski mountaineer Nikita Filippov, who won silver in the sprint. In the final, the 23-year-old Russian showed a result of 2 minutes 35.5 seconds, losing to Spaniard Oriol Cardona Kohl. This sport debuted in the Olympic Games program in 2026.

The closest to medals were skier Savely Korostelev (4th place in skiathlon), figure skaters Peter Gumennik (6th) and Adelia Petrosyan (6th). For the first time in history, Russian athletes have won fewer than two gold medals at the Winter Olympics.

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The Russian figure skater could not repeat the success of her predecessors

Earlier in the day, skier Daria Nepryaeva finished the race 11th, losing to the winner, Swede Ebbe Andersson, in 8 minutes 55.2 seconds. It was noted that Norwegian Heidi Weng took second place, lagging 2 minutes 15.3 seconds, while Swiss Nadia Kelin took third place, lagging 6 minutes 41.5 seconds. However, her result was later annulled due to an athlete's mistake during the race. She drove into a box reserved for another participant and put on the skis of German representative Katharina Hennig.

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