How many medals will Russia take in Beijing?

Most of the Olympic awards will be played in biathlon (11 sets of awards), alpine skiing (11), speed skating (14), cross-country skiing (12), snowboarding (11) and freestyle (13). In Nordic combined, ski jumping and alpine skiing, the Russians have almost no chance of medals, but in all other disciplines, the Russian team can be a solid competitor in the fight for awards.

The American company "Gracenote" has presented a forecast for the final medal standings of the Winter Olympics. Experts expect Russian athletes to score 30 medals, 13 more than at the Pyeongchang Olympics four years ago. This figure will be a record for the entire time of participation in the Winter Olympiads of both the Russian team and the Soviet Union team.

Prior to this, the head of the Russian Olympic Committee, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, said that the team was ready to fight for a place in the top three of the medal standings. According to him, the team can get 30 medals at the end of the competition.

Cross-country skiing and figure skating may become the most successful sports for Russia. Each of the disciplines should bring 7 medals to the national team. In addition, the Russian national team can count on gold medals in biathlon (both in team relay races and in individual starts), freestyle, speed skating, snowboarding and in the men's hockey tournament.

Which of the Russians should be watched at the Beijing Olympics?

Alexander Bolshunov (cross-country skiing)

Four years ago, in Pyeongchang, Bolshunov became a three-time silver medalist, but never reached Olympic gold. This time, the Russian skier has every chance to take gold both in the 15 km race in the classical style and in the 2x15 km skiathlon, where Alexander already became the world champion a year ago.

Video: MATCH TV Bolshunov in a fairly short period of time became the number 1 skier in Russia: he is a seven-time winner of two world championships, a two-time winner of the Big Crystal Globe in recent seasons, and a winner of the Tour De Ski multi-day races. In the 15 km race in the classic style at the Olympics, Bolshunov's main competitor will be Finnish Ivo Niskanen, and in the skiathlon - the legendary Norwegian Johannes Klebo.

Back to news | Together with the Russian team, Nepryaeva won bronze medals in the women's relay. A year later, at the World Championships, the Russian skier still took bronze in the skiathlon. In January of this year, Nerpryava became the first Russian skier in history to win the overall standings of the Tour de Ski multi-day race.

Video: MATCH TV The favorite in the Olympic skiathlon is now 14-time world champion Teresa Yohaug, but due to the difficult adaptation process in Beijing, the Norwegian may have additional difficulties in preparation. Yohaug missed the last Olympics due to WADA sanctions. Skiers Frida Karlsson anderson will also compete with Nepryaeva.

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Kamila Valieva (figure skating)

Russian girls from the Olympics in Sochi are the world leaders in figure skating. There is no doubt that one of the Russians will take the gold medal in women's single skating for the third Olympiad in a row. The reigning champion Alina Zagitova and vice-champion Evgenia Medvedeva have been participating exclusively in commercial art productions for two years already and went to Beijing as commentators on Channel One. However, almost immediately after their departure from professional sports, experts began to name the potential Olympic champion - Kamila Valieva.

The 15-year-old prodigy from Kazan comes to Beijing in the status of the winner of all junior skates, stages of the adult grand prix in figure skating, the champion of Russia and Europe. At the moment, Camila is the owner of world records in the short and free program, as well as the record for the sum of two programs. Despite falling in the free program at the European Championships, Camila is the absolute favorite in women's singles. The path with the Bolero program should end with Olympic gold and go down in the history of world figure skating. Surprisingly, it is the 15-year-old Valieva who is the star and “wild card” of the entire Russian team at the Beijing Olympics.

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Maxim Burov (freestyle)

The Russian freestyler took two gold medals at the World Freestyle and Snowboard Championships in Alma-Ata in individual and team acrobatics. Two years earlier, Burov became the world champion. Maxim also took the small world cup in the acrobatics program in the 2017/2018 and 2020/2021 seasons.Video: FIS Freestyle Skiing This year, at the World Cup stages, the Russian won all four starts in which he took part. Also as part of the team, he took second and sixth places in team competitions in acrobatics. The main competitors for him now are Chinese athletes, but there is every chance that Russian athletes will be able to repeat the triumphant result of the last championship with two gold medals in acrobatics.

Back to news | Therefore, the stars of the continental hockey league have every chance to show themselves at the Olympics. One of them is Dynamo Moscow striker and captain of the Russian national team Vadim Shipachev. In past games, the striker played only one game. But over the previous three seasons, Shipachev averaged 67 points each. This season, the forward has already scored 67 points (24 goals and 43 assists), and the season is not over yet. The forward's closest pursuer Andrei Kuzmenko from SKA is 15 points behind. At this rate, the captain of the "Dynamo" Vadim Shipachev can become the "wild card" of the national team in attack.

Video: Youtube channel Wolf Hockey “Guys respect Shipachyov. Vadim has won a lot of things, he is doing great this season as well. I think he deservedly became the captain of the team. This is a huge part and responsibility. I have no doubt that he is up to the role of team captain and is ready to lead the national team, ”said Ilya Kovalchuk, general manager of the Russian national team, in an interview with RBC Sport.

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