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21.10.2010, 23:16
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Russia's Sports Ministry has focused its efforts on stepping up its game for the country's disabled athletes.
13.02.2010, 03:31
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A men’s luge contestant died Friday after his sled crashed during a practice run in Whistler, Canada. Nodar Kumaritashvilli reportedly lost control of his sled, flying off the track and slamming into a steel pole.
13.02.2010, 10:56
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The Olympic torch has finally arrived in Vancouver, the venue for the Olympic Winter Games, after a 106-day cross-Canada relay. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger carried the traditional symbol of the Games.
01.03.2010, 06:58
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The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver are history now. It is Russia's turn next, as the Winter Games will come to Sochi in four years' time.
16.02.2010, 08:51
Switzerland dominated Day Four at the Vancouver Olympics as alpine skier Didier Defago and cross-country skier Dario Cologna brought gold medals No. 2 and No. 3 to the country of chocolate and banks.
01.03.2010, 16:50
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President Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to make sure Russia's Olympic team learns a bitter lesson from Vancouver, where it had one of its worst performances in the history of the winter games.
17.02.2010, 12:33
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There has been no good news for Russia on Tuesday as Team Russia has again failed to pick up any medals in Vancouver.
15.02.2010, 09:30
It was not the best of Sundays for Russia at the Winter Olympics as they failed to win a medal on day three. But for the hosts, St Valentines Day, 2010, will go down as the finest in Canadian Games history.
23.02.2010, 14:48
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Ice dancers Oksana Domnina and Maksim Shabalin have secured the latest bronze for Russia. The judges put the Russian pair behind Canada’s Virtue and Moir, who took gold, and America’s Davis and White.
03.03.2010, 18:07
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Following President Medvedev’s call for the resignation of all officials responsible for Russia’s dismal performance at the Winter Games, Leonid Tyagachev has resigned.
Published: 13 January, 2010, 13:10
Edited: 09 March, 2010, 18:39
The 2010 Olympic Games, which kick off in Vancouver on February 12, could be the most challenging ever for Russia, according to Vice President of the Russian Olympic Committee Vladimir Vasin.
England win in vancouver.
It is very sad to see the Russian team so weak. I have been studying the Olympic Games for several years, since 1987, when I was a 13 years old boy. My big passion was USSR and I loved to see such a strong country win so many medals in Winter and Summer Olympic Games. However, political changes finished USSR and a new order began in. Now It is very sad to see Russia winning so few medals (13 in 2002 and 22 in 2006) while United States won 34 in 2002 and 26 in 2006. Now, Russia only medal chances are in biathlon, cross-country skiing (yet, very weak against Follis, Kuitanen, Kowalczyk, Northug, Bauer), figure skating and Hockey. In speed skating, the Russian will see the dominant presence of USA and Netherlands in men's competition and the powerful teams of Netherlands, Canada and Germany in women competition. It is hard to believe USSR was a dominant force in this sport and gave to the world so great skaters like Grishin, Skoblikova, Averina, Kositchkin, Schilkov, Petruseva, Stepanskaya, Petruseva, Kulikov, Malkov, Fokitchev. In Biathlon I don't believe Tchoudov and Ustyugov will stop the dominant Norway's Ole Einar Bjorndalen. Even US, without any tradition in this sport, will have many medal chances with Tim Burke, world cup leader. In Bobsleigh, Zubkov will have many problems with USA and German athletes, and luger Demtchenko will face the powerful Germans and the Italian Zoeggeler. Today, Russia is not favorite to top the medal tally, a role USSR often played on. USA, Canada, Germany and Norway are the top winter powers. I believe USA or Canada will top the medal rankings, and Russia will be in the second team, in the same side of South Korea, China, Sweden and Switzerland. If Russia achieve 20 medals, It will be doing a good presentation while USA and Canada will fight to break the magical 30 medals barrier. I don't believe Russia will be a dominant country in 2014 Sochi's Olympics. It is sad, but is real!