Overview
- Russia’s Nikita Filippov finished third in the Courchevel ski mountaineering sprint in 2:46.2, 4.6 seconds behind winner Oriol Cardona, with Thibaut Anselme second.
- The podium was the 23-year-old’s first World Cup medal after a previous best of fourth in a sprint last March.
- Filippov secured a personal IOC invitation to Milan–Cortina 2026 based on World Cup results.
- He contests the vertical race next in Courchevel before a World Cup stop in Andorra.
- In Kazan, Alexander Bolshunov won the Russian Cup 15 km freestyle in 32:22.2 for his first victory of the season, finishing ahead of Egor Mitroshin and Ivan Gorbunov, with sprints Saturday and a 20 km skiathlon Sunday.