Perm Skier Invited to Olympics Enters Bookmakers' Top List
In February, the Olympics will be held in Italy, where Perm skier Savely Korostelev has been invited. In addition to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the athlete has been evaluated by Russian bookmakers.
The Winter Olympic Games will take place from 6 to 22 February in Italy — in Milan and Cortina d«Ampezzo. Participants have been prepared 116 sets of medals in 16 sports: biathlon, hockey, figure skating, skiing, snowboarding, and others. The Olympics await around 2900 athletes from 90 countries. A new Olympic sport has been included — ski mountaineering. In a separate article, we tell everything known about the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Savely Korostelev is a two-time junior world champion, winner of the overall Russian Cup standings. The president of the Ski Racing Federation called Savely a discovery.
In January, the IOC invited 22-year-old Perm skier Savely Korostelev to the Olympics. Together with him, skier Daria Nepryaeva will compete. Previously, the IOC invited to the Olympic Games figure skaters Petr Gumennik and Adeliya Petrosyan, ski mountaineers Nikita Filippov, and short track speed skaters Ivan Posashkov and Alena Krylova.
The exact number of races where Savely and Daria will compete is still unknown. However, the coach of the Russian national team, Yegor Sorin, previously reported that the skiers will participate in the skiathlon, skating time trial, and run the classic marathon.
At the end of January, Savely Korostelev entered the top 5 favorites for the race according to bookmakers. Analysts believe that the Perm native has a 5% chance of winning. Here is the entire list of favorites for the men«s skiathlon, compiled by the portal »Soviet Sport«:
Johannes Klæbo — 60%;
Harald Amundsen — 15%;
Martin Nyenget — 11%;
Emil Iversen — 6%;
Savely Korostelev — 5%.
In «Betsity», they also bet on Savely and believe that he has chances for a medal in the sprint race. The entire list, published on the portal «Bookmaker Ratings», looks like this:
Johannes Klæbo;
Erik Valnes;
Oskar Vike;
Alvar Myhlback;
Savely Korostelev.
Recall that Forbes included Savely in its «30 under 30» rating. This is a list of the best specialists under 30 who have gained recognition in the professional community and become known.
