Figure skater Kamila Valieva, currently facing a four-year drugs ban after testing positive before the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, has been voted Russia’s most popular athlete.

Cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov and figure skater Anna Shcherbakova have been named the Russian Olympic Committee's (ROC) best athletes at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at a ceremony in Moscow.

Three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov has spoken of his disappointment at missing the start of the new International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup season due to Russia’s exclusion from competitions.

Russian cross-country skiing head coach Yuri Borodavko has backed three-time Olympic champion Alexander Bolshunov to win one of the top prizes at the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Awards here but claims "politics" may dash his hopes of victory.

Three-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Alexander Bolshunov has claimed "all sports would only benefit" from the return of Russian athletes as they remain largely frozen out from the international sporting arena.

German glove manufacturer Kinetixx has ended its sponsorship agreements with Russian athletes and condemned the appearance of Alexander Bolshunov at a pro-war rally in Moscow earlier this month.

Alexander Bolshunov ended his superb 2022 Winter Olympics with victory in the men’s mass start competition, in an event shortened to 30 kilometres due to strong winds at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre.

Iivo Niskanen secured the third Olympic title of his career and Finland's first of the Games here as he stormed to victory in the men’s 15 kilometres classic at the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre.

Alexander Bolshunov of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has hit back at doping sceptics after being crowned men’s 30 kilometres skiathlon champion at the Winter Olympics here.

Alexander Bolshunov moved to the top of the men's International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup standings after leading an all-Russian podium in a 15 kilometres pursuit race in Ruka hit by withdrawals.

Alexander Bolshunov and Yulia Stupak triumphed in the respective men and women's mass start events at the International Ski Federation (FIS) Cross-Country World Cup in Engadin in Switzerland.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo withstood a fightback from Alexander Bolshunov to secure men’s cross-country relay gold for Norway at the International Ski Federation Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf.