MOSCOW, February 18 Irina Umnitsyna and Andrey Fedorov won gold medals in the mixed relay in ski mountaineering at the All-Russian Spartakiad.
The competition took place in Nizhny Tagil. Evgeniy Markov and Ekaterina Leonova took second place. Nikita Filippov and Svetlana Berezan took third place.
Ski mountaineering involves climbing up a mountain on skis, skiing downhill and using mountaineering skills to overcome difficult terrain. This sport is included in the program of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
Spartakiad will end on February 18. Competitions under the program of the 2026 Olympic Games are being hosted by the Krasnodar Territory, Chelyabinsk, Sverdlovsk, Tyumen Regions and Krasnoyarsk Territory.