The Russian team won one medal on the eighth day of the Olympic Games in Beijing. She became the first for the Russian team in the last two days, on the eve of the awards, the Russians had no. The Russians have not had gold for four days.
Skier Alexander Bolshunov won the silver medal in the 15 km race in the classic style with a separate start. He lost only to Finn Iivo Niskanen. For Bolshunov, this is the second award in Beijing, he had previously won the skiathlon. Also, Bolshunov, with six medals, became the record holder for the number of Olympic awards among domestic skiers, surpassing the achievement of Nikolai Zimyatov.
The Russian skeletonist was 0.22 seconds short of the Olympics 2022 Fourth place in the skeleton was taken by Alexander Tretyakov, he was 0.22 seconds short of bronze.
The Russian women's curling team lost to Switzerland (7:8) in the next match of the round robin tournament, the men's team lost to Switzerland (3:6) and defeated Denmark (10:2).
At the end of the day, Russia moved up from ninth to eighth place in the medal standings. The team has two gold, four silver and six bronze medals. The first place was retained by Germany (7-4-0), followed by Norway (6-3-5) and the Netherlands (5-4-1).
Norway and Austria (14) lead in the total number of medals. The ROC team and the Canadians have 12 awards each.
Six sets of awards will be played on Saturday.
The Beijing Olympics are held from February 4 to 20. Due to WADA sanctions, Russian athletes compete at the Games under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.
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