Overview
- Sergey Ardashev took the men’s skiathlon in 50:53.7, edging Dmitry Zhul by 0.3 seconds with Pavel Solovyov 0.6 seconds back in third.
- Alina Pekletsova won the women’s 20 km skiathlon in 57:53.2, with Elizaveta Shalaboda second at +55.4 and Evgeniya Krupitskaya third at +57.5.
- Ivan Gorbunov captured the men’s freestyle sprint on December 27 in 3:05.50 ahead of Sergey Ardashev by 0.05 seconds, with Konstantin Tiunov third.
- Elizaveta Pantrina won the women’s sprint in 3:35.49, finishing ahead of Ksenia Shorokhova and Anastasia Faleeva.
- Separately at the Tour de Ski in Toblach, Darya Nepryayeva missed sprint qualification with 2:56.27, while the Russia Cup moves next to Kazan on January 15–18 after this stage’s completion.