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Legend:

But no Russian national championships in the Ski Cross World Cup

The races in Sunny Valley were called off at short notice.

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  • The Russian invasion of Ukraine also has an impact on the sport. We give you an overview of Friday below. With SRF News, you will be kept up to date on political events with a live ticker. Here you will find the sports-related reports from Thursday.
  • In addition, the European Football Association also passed resolutions on Friday and canceled St. Petersburg as the host of the CL final.
  • The FIS has come back and canceled the ski cross weekend.
  • In ice hockey, Jokerit Helsinki has withdrawn from the KHL playoffs. From March 1st the Finns would have met Spartak Moscow.
  • In biathlon, the Ukrainian World Cup team breaks off the season.

Skicross: farce averted in Sunny Valley

The ski cross World Cup races scheduled for the weekend in Sunny Valley, Russia, were halted at the last moment. Those responsible for the FIS have canceled the two competitions for men and women due to the war in Ukraine. The qualification on Friday has already taken place and was contested exclusively by Russian athletes. So the knockout runs would have degenerated into an absolute absurdity the next day. Among other things, Swiss-Ski had withdrawn his team the day before. It is not yet clear where the races will be rescheduled.

Ice hockey: Jokerit Helsinki lets playoff duel with Spartak Moscow burst

The top Finnish ice hockey club Jokerit Helsinki will not take part in the playoffs of the East European elite league KHL. Instead of playing the games against Spartak Moscow from March 1st, the season will end early, said Jokerit from the country of the newly crowned Olympic champion. The decision was preceded by talks with the KHL leadership, club boss Jari Kurri said. Jokerit referred to existing contracts with the league, which initially had to be taken into account. “The world is going through really difficult times right now. All our thoughts are with the people who are suffering from the situation,” former Finnish ice hockey star Kurri was quoted as saying.

Biathlon: Ukrainians end the World Cup prematurely

Ukraine’s biathletes will skip the rest of the season after Russia attacked their home country. Because of the imposition of martial law in Ukraine, the team will stop training for the time being and will not participate in the remaining three World Cup weekends, Ukrainian federation president Lily Budsuljak said via Facebook with. The Ukrainian team includes Dimitro Pidruschni, the 2019 pursuit world champion.


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