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Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Russia participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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In summary, the country's participants earned 15 medals: three gold, five silver, and seven bronze. The gold-medal tally of three was the worst ever result for Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union, whilst the total of 15 medals was the country's second lowest score since the 2002 Winter Games. This was seen as a national humiliation considering that Russia was to host the next Winter Games at Sochi.[2]

According to Dr Maxim Titorenko, a Russian psychoanalyst and anthropologist,"the reasons for failures were to a large extent psychological. By receiving advance rewards [from the government] for something they were expected to do in future, the sportsmen lost all psychological incentive for further achievements.”[2] The comparatively poor result generated a "chorus of criticism" in Russia, and President Dmitry Medvedev demanded the resignation of Russian Olympic officials and ordered an audit.[3] Corruption, as well as cronyism and apathy of Russian sports managers, was criticized.[4] It was later learned that Russia's performance at the Olympics followed widespread misspending by sports officials and a dysfunctional bureaucracy, according to government auditors. Russia spent $186 million for the games, including preparations. The audit cited dozens of examples of money being wasted, saying the figure ran into millions of dollars.[3]

By contrast, Russia performed well at the Paralympics, also hosted in Vancouver, the following month. This led the media to highlight the contrast between the achievements of the country's Olympic and Paralympic delegations, despite the greater attention awarded to the Olympics.[5]

With Sochi being the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a Russian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Alpine skiing

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Biathlon

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Women
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Bobsleigh

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Cross-country skiing

Distance
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Sprint
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Curling

Women's tournament

Team:
Skip: Ludmila Privivkova
Third: Anna Sidorova
Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh
Lead: Ekaterina Galkina
Alternate: Margarita Fomina

Round-robin
Draw 1

Tuesday, 16 February, 2:00 PM

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Draw 3

Wednesday, 17 February, 7:00 PM

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Draw 4

Thursday, 18 February, 2:00 PM'

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Draw 5

Friday, 19 February, 9:00 AM

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Draw 6

Friday, 19 February, 7:00 PM

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Draw 7

Saturday, 20 February, 2:00 PM

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Draw 8

Sunday, 21 February, 9:00 AM

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Draw 10

Monday, 22 February, 2:00 PM

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Draw 12

Tuesday, 23 February, 7:00 PM

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Standings
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Figure skating

Russia has qualified two entrants in men's singles, two in ladies singles, three in pair skating, and three in ice dancing, for a total of 16 athletes.[7]

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Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

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Ski cross
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Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[10]

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Defencemen Sergei Zubov, Oleg Tverdovsky and Vitali Proshkin, forwards Alexei Kovalev, Alexander Frolov, Nikolai Kulemin and Alexei Tereschenko, and goaltenders Vasiliy Koshechkin and Alexander Eremenko were selected as reserves in case of injury during the tournament.[11]

Group play

Russia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

16 February 2010
21:00
Russia 8–2
(3–0, 1–0, 4–2)
 LatviaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,862
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18 February 2010
21:00
Slovakia 2–1 (SO)
(0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 RussiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,202
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21 February 2010
12:00
Russia 4–2
(1–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 Czech RepublicCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,114
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Final rounds

Quarterfinal
24 February 2010
16:30
Russia 3–7
(1–4, 2–3, 0–0)
 CanadaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,740
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Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Russian roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[12]

Head coach: Russia Valentin Gureev    Assistant coach: Russia Alexei Chistyakov

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Group play

Russia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

14 February 2010
16:30
Finland 5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 RussiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,275
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16 February 2010
14:30
Russia 0–13
(0–5, 0–7, 0–1)
 United StatesUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,365
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18 February 2010
19:00
China 1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 RussiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,391
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Final rounds

Fifth place semifinal
20 February 2010
19:00
Russia 4–2
(2–0, 1–1, 1–1)
 SlovakiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,488
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Fifth place game
22 February 2010
19:00
Switzerland 2–1 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 RussiaUBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,412
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Luge

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Nordic combined

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Short track speed skating

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Skeleton

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Ski jumping

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Snowboarding

Parallel GS
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Snowboard cross
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Speed skating

Men
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Team pursuit
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See also


References

  1. Walker, Shaun (1 March 2010). "Russia's Winter games of discontent". Monocle.com. Archived from the original on 5 July 2010.
  2. Nowak, David (5 July 2010). "Auditor: Russia wasted millions on Vancouver Games". Associated Press.
  3. Schuster, Simon (4 March 2010). "Russia's Olympic flop sparks Soviet nostalgia". Associated Press.
  4. McMillan, Ken (3 January 2010). "Olympics dream coming true". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  5. "Ice Hockey Men – Team roster – RUS - Russian Federation" (PDF). IIHF. 16 February 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. "Ice Hockey Women – Team roster – RUS - Russian Federation" (PDF). IIHF. 14 February 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  • - Russian Olympic Team given a blessing at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow

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