Russian Filippov wins first medal at Milan-Cortina Games for individual neutral athletes

BORMIO, Italy: Russian Nikita Filippov won the first medal at the Milan-Cortina Games for individual neutral athletes when he claimed silver in the men’s ski mountaineering sprint in Bormio on Thursday. Filippov finished 1.52sec off Spain’s gold medallist Oriol Cardona Coll, who won in 2min 34.03sec. Thibault Anselmet of France took bronze (+2.31) in the event’s debut at the Winter Games. The Swiss pair of Arno Liethaa and Jon Kistler had led up the initial gruelling 65-meter climb.

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