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The results of the first Olympic starts showed that Russian athletes training abroad, or our former athletes now defending the honor of other states, are still performing much better than those who before Vancouver worked in the main group of our Olympians preparing for the Games.
The biathlon sprint winner Anastasia Kuzmina began her career in Tyumen, but due to strong competition she could not get a stable place in the Russian team and now competes for Slovakia, training in Banska Bystrica. Finishing in the top 5, Elena Khrustaleva, originally from Krasnoyarsk, ran for the Russian national team as a junior, then took sports citizenship of Belarus, and now represents Kazakhstan. Our first Vancouver medalist, speed skater Ivan Skobrev, under an agreement between national federations, was preparing for the Games in fact in the camp of the Italian national team, side by side with one of his main competitors, Enrico Fabris, with whom, ironically, at a distance of 5000 m he competed in one race and turned out to be faster. Margarita Marbler (Oleynikova), who was higher than all four Russian women in the final classification of moguls (freestyle), was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, showed great promise as a junior, but then married an Austrian and moved to her husband’s homeland, changing her citizenship.
Now all that remains is to wait for “hello” from the former leader of the Russian short track team, multiple European champion Tatyana Borodulina. Now she defends the colors of Australia.
The weather worked in Vonn's favor.
Due to warm weather, ski starts were canceled on Saturday and Sunday. The organizers had to postpone the men's downhill and women's super combined to a later date. Now the representatives of the stronger sex will compete for this set of awards on Monday, and the girls will determine the winners and prize-winners on Thursday. This change in the program benefited, first of all, the leader of the US team, Lindsay Vonn. She still has a few more days to recover from a leg injury suffered in Austria shortly before the Olympics.
The distance for the lugers has been reduced
The tragic death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili forced the organizers to introduce additional safety measures and shorten the distance to prevent participants from reaching extremely high speeds that could cause accidents. The men who played for a set of awards in the descent on a single-seat sled early today in the morning Moscow time, went to the distance from the starting area originally intended for women (30 m lower). For the fairer sex, the length of the track was reduced from 1198 to 953 meters, the girls took the acceleration from the junior start. A protective barrier was built on the ill-fated section of the route where the Georgian athlete flew out of the chute.
Kazan Day in the "Russian House"
Yesterday, Kazan Day was held at the Russia House. A presentation of the capital of the 2013 Summer World University Games took place. Guests of the event were treated to dishes of Tatar national cuisine and introduced to folk music. The participants were greeted by the Deputy Minister of Sports, Tourism and Youth Policy of the Russian Federation Gennady Aleshin and the Minister of Youth Affairs, Tourism and Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan Marat Bariev. The concert program featured famous Russian rock musicians Vladimir Kuzmin and Andrey Makarevich.
At the press conference, many questions were asked to the captain of the Kazan hockey team “Ak Bars”, the standard-bearer of the Russian Olympic team, Alexei Morozov. He, along with his club and national teammate Danis Zaripov, took part in an autograph session. President of the Russian Hockey Federation Vladislav Tretyak noted that Tatarstan today is the leader among other territorial subjects of the Russian Federation in the number of indoor skating rinks with artificial ice - more than three dozen.
Game Scoreboard
Final competition
BIATHLON. Women. Sprint 7.5 km. 1. Anastasia KUZMINA (Slovakia) - 19 min. 55.6 sec. (penalty loops 0+0). 2. Magdalena NEUNER (Germany) - lag 1.5 seconds. (0+1). 3. Marie DORIN (France) - 10.9 (0+0). 4. Anna Bulygina - 12.1 (0+0)... 7. Olga Zaitseva - 27.8 (0+0)... 13. Svetlana Sleptsova - 47.5 (0+0).. 22. Olga Medvedtseva (all - Russia) - 1.06.0 (1+0). All four Russian women will compete in the pursuit race.
SKATES. Men. 5000 m. 1. Sven KRAMER (Holland) - 6 min. 14.60 seconds (Olympic record). 2. LEE SEUNG HUN (Korea) - 6.16.95. 3. Ivan SKOBREV (Russia) - 6.18.05... Alexander Rumyantsev (Russia) is disqualified.
SPRINGBOARD JUMPING. Medium springboard K-95 (HS-106). 1. Simon AMMANN (Switzerland) - the sum of two attempts is 276.5 points (135.5 + 141.0; jumps 105.0 m and 108.0 m). 2. Adam MALYSH (Poland) - 269.5 (132.5 + 137.0; 103.3 and 105.0). 3. Gregor SCHLIRENZAUER (Austria) -- 268.0 (128.0 + 140.0; 101.5 and 106.5)... 26. Denis Kornilov -- 232.5 (118.5 + 114.0; 98.0 and 96.5)... 33. Pavel Karelin - 111.5... 46. Dmitry Ipatov (all - Russia) - 102.5. The last two did not qualify for the second attempt .
FREESTYLE. Women. Mogul. 1. Hannah KEARNEY (USA) - 26.63 points. 2. Jennifer HALE (Canada) - 25.69. 3. Shannon BURK (USA) - 25.43... 7. Ekaterina Stolyarova - 23.55... 9. Regina Rakhimova - 22.70... 13. Marina Cherkasova - 21.09... 15. Daria Serova (all - Russia) - 20.84.
SHORT TRACK. Men. 1500 m. 1. LEE JONG SU (Korea) - 2 min. 17.611 sec. 2. Apolo Anton ONO (USA) -- 2.17,976. 3. Jay. Ar. CHELSKI (USA) - 2.18,053... Russians Ruslan Zakharov and Semyon Elistratov were eliminated following the results of the preliminary races .
After the second day of competition in the unofficial team competition, the USA (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze) and Korea (1--1--0) were in the lead in the number of awards; Russia (0--0--1) shared ninth place with Austria and France.
Preliminary competitions
HOCKEY. Women. Group "A". 1st round. Sweden - Switzerland - 3:0, Canada - Slovakia - 18:0.