Russian athletes won one silver and one bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday, the Russian team finished the 12th day of the competition in ninth place in the medal standings table.
Russian speed skaters Ruslan Zakharov, Daniil Aldoshkin and Sergey Trofimov, who reached the finals in the team pursuit race, became the silver medalists of the Olympics. In the fight for gold, the Russians lost to the Norwegians, but in the semifinals they updated the Olympic record.
Russian speed skaters took silver in the team pursuit at the Olympics 2022 Olympics Biathletes Karim Khalili, Alexander Loginov, Maxim Tsvetkov and Eduard Latypov took bronze in the men's relay. Before the last shooting, the Russians were leading the race, but Latypov earned two penalty loops, which is why the Russian team was bypassed by the national teams of Norway and France.
Figure skater Kamila Valieva, who was admitted to the individual tournament at the Olympics after the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), won the short program with a score of 82.16 points. The second result was shown by Anna Shcherbakova (80.20), and the third was the Japanese Kaori (79.84), who moved another Russian woman Alexandra Trusova to fourth place (74.60).
Valieva took the lead after the short program at the 2022 Olympiad The Russian curlers on Tuesday were first defeated by the Norwegian team with a score of 5:12, but in the final match of they beat the Canadians (7:6) and retain their chances of getting into the semi-finals of the competition. The women's curling team, already out of the running for medals, beat China 11-5 on Tuesday.
After 12 days, the Russian team has 20 medals (4 gold, 7 silver and 9 bronze medals), and in terms of the total number of awards, the Russians are second only to the Norwegians (12-7-7, 26), but in terms of the amount of gold, the Russian team is in ninth place .
The second place in the medal standings after the leading team of Norway is taken by the German team (9-6-3), and the USA team is third (7-6-4).
The Olympic Games will end on February 20, on Wednesday, the 16th, eight sets of awards will be played in Beijing.
Due to WADA sanctions, Russian athletes compete at the Games under the flag of the Russian Olympic Committee.
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