Leonid Tyagachev summed up the results of the Olympics

About your departure

Leonid Tyagachev promised to leave the post of president of the Russian Olympic Committee after the Beijing Olympics. According to him, he "must complete the work upon completion of the shortcomings that the Olympics in Athens opened in order to properly prepare for the summer Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008."

“The matter is above all,” said Tyagachev, “and I have to do it.” “But after Beijing, I will not have enough forces and nerves, and I will leave my current post,” the President of the OKR said.

Assessment of the speech of the Russian team

The performance of Russian athletes at the 2004 Games Terkachev recognized as successful. “Sport is a sport, it cannot be foreseen in it,” said T tractachev. “Of course, we wanted us to have more gold medals. But in any case, our performance should be considered successful. The results of the Olympics are highly appreciated by the Government of the Russian Federation, the State Duma and President personally.”

“The desire to fight for the medals was with everyone who went to the Avenue of Athens,” said T tractachev. “It was a very difficult Olympiad on which there were nervous breakdowns, but the headquarters of our delegation worked clearly and promptly. We always believed in success. As a result, we managed to take a worthy place among the leading sports powers of the world.”

About rewards

The coaches of the Russian Olympians, like the athletes themselves, will receive cash prizes. OKR sponsors will transfer from 30 to 40 thousand dollars to Russian sports federations, which will subsequently be distributed between coaches. According to the head of the OKR, in total, $ 500,000 were allocated for the promotion of experts.

At the press conference, the two-time Olympic champion of Athens on Synchronized Swimming Anastasia Ermakova went with a proposal to Tyagachev to transfer funds to encourage trainers not to federations, but by personally to the mentors of the Olympians. The head of the OKR reacted positively to this proposal and stated that this issue would be considered and he will take into account the opinion of the athlete.

According to the order of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Russian prize -winners of the Olympiad will be paid monetary rewards, which will amount to 50, 20 and 10 thousand, respectively, for gold, silver and bronze.

GNK "Nafta-Moscow" has allocated funds for encouraging Russian athletes-winners of the Olympic Games. Russians-winners of the Olympiad in the free, Greco-Roman wrestling and judo will receive 100 thousand. For winners in other sports, a remuneration of 60 thousand plus 40 thousand for setting a world record is provided.