Winter sports

20.05.2012 22:22 44 comments Russia reclaims ice hockey throne after thrashing Slovakia (PHOTOS) The Red Machine has destroyed surprise package Slovakia in the World Championships final, 6-2, to clinch the third ice hockey world title in five years and make sure the Russian fans won't let Helsinki sleep this night.		12.04.2012 14:58 ‘Money goes the wrong direction,’ Russia biathlon coach Russia's biathlon system urgently needs to be modernized ahead of the Sochi Olympics. The warning has come from the new coach of the female team Wolfgang Pichler.
07.04.2012 20:27 Russian biathletes claim three silvers at season finale Biathlon fans in Moscow got a rare treat as some of the sport’s top names descended on the Russian capital to take part in the Champions Race which brings the season to a close.		01.04.2012 12:51 Silver shine for Leonova in Nice Alena Leonova has claimed the second silver medal for Russia at the world figure skating championships in Nice despite leading after the short program.
23.03.2012 19:13 Olympic mix: Cyclist challenges skier at winter eco-festival (VIDEO) Winter and summer sports have all mixed up during the Moscow Sport and Environment Festival "Eco-Sports+" that gathered the capital’s activists to talk about Russia’s environmental problems.		13.03.2012 18:58 1 comment Russia’s snowboarding haven hosts major European event Heard of Park City Mountain Resort in Utah? Now think of the St Petersburg region. Tucked away near Russia’s northern capital is Russia’s snowboarding haven in the making.
12.03.2012 15:55 7 comments Prokhorov mulls over quitting biathlon union Former presidential candidate, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, also president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), has called team Russia’s performance at the World Champs in Ruhpolding “a disaster,” adding he is thinking of resigning from the post.		11.03.2012 17:35 2 comments Olympic family mourns death of Canadian ski crosser World sports community is mourning Saturday’s tragedy at a Ski Cross World Cup event in Switzerland, which took the life of Canadian Nik Zoricic.
11.03.2012 15:35 1 comment Chinese dominate Moscow freestyle off-ramp Aerials is not just a freestyle skiing discipline, but one of the most eye-catching spectacles winter sports have to offer, with Muscovites recently privileged to enjoy top class performances in a World Cup leg.		09.03.2012 21:17 10 comments Sochi patrol: Putin, Medvedev and Berlusconi assess bobsleigh track (VIDEO) Russia’s president-elect Vladimir Putin, outgoing president Dmitry Medvedev and Italy’s former leader Silvio Berlusconi, have all given the thumbs up to test runs at the bobsleigh track at the Winter Olympics construction site in Sochi.
05.03.2012 13:35 1 comment Home ramp turns unlucky for Russian snowboard star The snowboard World Cup has two new leaders following the capricious Moscow stage, which left Russian hopeful Ekaterina Tudegesheva off the podium.		04.03.2012 22:53 1 comment Bronze day for Russian biathletes at World Championship Russian biathletes Anton Shipulin and Olga Vilukhina bounced back from Russia’s weak start at the World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, to take a bronze medal each at the pursuit race on Sunday.
28.02.2012 05:45 Husky business: Sled-dog racing in Russia’s capital A husky safari through a winter wonderland – only an hour’s drive from Moscow. Every weekend scores of husky fans gather outside the Russian capital to train their dogs.		25.02.2012 16:14 Russian ends luge season on high note Tatyana Ivanova has become the first Russian woman in the country’s modern history to win a luge World Cup stage. The 21-year-old won the season-ending event and also the European Luge Championships in Paramonovo, Moscow Region.
22.02.2012 15:17 1 comment American alpine skier tops Moscow World Cup event Julia Mancuso of the US has come out as winner at the first ever Alpine Ski World Cup stage held in the Russian capital on an artificial slope.		21.02.2012 14:49 Disabled kids gearing up before North Pole conquest Living with a disability is a challenge itself, but a group of special-needs children have set themselves even higher tasks, gathering in the Moscow Region to take part in the selection for the North Pole expedition.
20.02.2012 21:55 1 comment Ice fishing – Russians’ hot winter hobby The National Fishing Festival got underway this weekend, following a proposal last month that would help preserve the national hobby of amateur fishermen.		19.02.2012 16:48 1 comment Russians don’t relinquish podium hopes at home skating World Champs Defending champion Ivan Skobrev as well Russian women’s favorite Ekaterina Lobysheva are both in the top five after two events at the World All-round Speed Skating Championships in Moscow.
16.02.2012 17:32 12 comments Putin tries bobsled (VIDEO) Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has lengthened the list of sports he has put his hand to. On Thursday he inspected a bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track in the Moscow region and couldn’t resist driving down in a bob.		15.02.2012 17:33 Toughest biathlon track in the world prepared for Sochi 2014 Sochi 2014 will provide the most difficult biathlon circuit in Olympic history, and the competitors of the Russian Cup were first to be tested by the newly opened track.

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