February 19, 2022

Bronze, Silver, & GOLD


Bronze, Silver, & GOLD
The 5 rings, greyscale edition.  Pexels, Frans Van Heerden 

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The Russian Olympic Committee is in ninth place in the Beijing Winter Olympics. The team has won 26 medals overall in competitions such as figure skating, speed skating, luge, and snowboarding. Below is a list of all of the medals the Russian team has won, which medal was earned, the athlete who competed, the competition category, and the date:

February 5th

- Bronze, biathlon, ROC Team

- Silver, skiathlon, Natalya Nepryaeva

February 6th 

- Bronze, skiing mogul, Anastasia Smirnova

- Silver, skiathlon, Denis Spitsov

- Gold, skiathlon, Alexander Bolshunov

February 7th

- Silver, ski jumping, ROC Team

- Gold, figure skating, ROC Team

February 8th

- Bronze, snowboarding, Victor Wild

- Bronze, cross country skiing, Alexander Terentyev 

- Bronze, luge, Tatiana Ivanova

February 9th 

- Bronze, short track speed skating, Semion Elistratov

February 11th 

- Silver, ski racing, Alexander Bolshunov

February 12th

- Gold, cross country skiing, ROC Team

February 13th

- Bronze, speed skating, Angelina Golikova

- Bronze, biathlon pursuit, Eduard Latypov

- Silver, short track, Konstantin Ivliev

- Gold, cross country skiing, ROC Team (Men's) 

February 14th

- Silver, figure skating, Victoria Sinitsyna & Nikita Katsalapov

February 15th

- Bronze, biathlon, ROC Team (Men's)

- Silver, speed skating, ROC Team (Men's)

February 16th

- Bronze, freestyle skiing, Ilya Burov

- Bronze, cross country skiing, ROC Team (Men's)

- Bronze, cross country skiing, ROC Team (Women's)

- Silver, biathlon, ROC Team (Women's)

February 17th

- Silver, figure skating, Alexandra Trusova

- Gold, figure skating, Anna Shcherbakova 

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