Nikita Filippov Wins Russia’s First Medal at 2026 Olympics

Russian athlete Nikita Filippov won silver in the ski mountaineering sprint at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, marking the first medal for Russia at the Games in Italy. In the final, the 23-year-old clocked 2 minutes 35.5 seconds. Spain's Oriol Cardona Coll won gold with a time of 2:34.03, while France's Thibault Anselmet finished third in 2:36.34. Filippov became the first Russian athlete competing under neutral status to win a medal at the 2026 Games.