Russian Heroes of the Sochi Olympics: Champions and Medalists

The Russian national team set a national record for the total number of medals it won as well as in the number of gold medals. The team won 13 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze medals at the Sochi Olympics.

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On the last day of the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russian skiers achieved a major success by winning gold, silver and bronze medals in the 50km race. Alexander Legkov took gold. Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilia Chernousov placed second and third, respectively.

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The Russian national team won the greatest number of medals at the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, and broke national records for the number of gold medals and the total number of Winter Olympic medals. Photo: The Russian national figure skating team won gold medals in the team event.

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Russian athletes who had not won the team qualification for 20 years managed to repeat their 1994 success in Sochi. Photo: Figure skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov became the best of the best during the pairs skating/short program event.

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In Sochi, Russia won 13 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze for a total of 33 Olympic medals. Photo: Skeleton racer Alexander Tretyakov, center, won the first gold medal in the skeleton racing event during the Olympics.

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Viktor Ahn won the 500m and 1000m men’s short track event and also achieved a bronze medal in the 1500m race.

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The Russian national short track team won the 5000m relay.

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Russia’s American snowboarder Vic Wild won the parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom events.

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Alexander Zubkov and Alexei Voevoda won the first gold medal in the bobsleigh racing event.

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Bobsleigh racers Alexander Zubkov, Alexei Voevoda, Alexei Negodailo and Dmitry Trunenkov won the four-man bobsleigh race.

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Figure skater Adelina Sotnikova became the first Russian woman to win a gold medal in the singles figure skating.

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The Russian biathlon team won the relay.

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Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov won silver in the pairs skating/short program event.

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Lugers Tatiana Ivanova, Albert Demchenko, Alexander Denisyev and Vladislav Antonov won silver during the team relay event at the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. Albert Demchenko, second left, also won silver in the individual race.

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Biathlete Olga Vilukhina, right, won the first silver medal for the Russian national team in Sochi.

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The Russian women’s biathlon team won silver in the 4X6 relay.

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The Russian men’s cross-country skiing team won its first Olympic medal in the relay event since 1998.

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Cross-country skiers Maxim Vylegzhanin, left, and Nikita Kryukov won silver in the cross-country team sprint event.

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Nikolai Olyunin became the first Russian athlete ever to win a medal in the men’s snowboard cross event in the Winter Olympics. He placed second.

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Olga Fatkulina won silver in the 500m speed skating event.

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Short tracker Vladimir Grigoryev, left, won silver in the 1000m event.

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Russian biathlete Evgeniy Garanichev, left, won bronze in the 20km individual pursuit race.

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Snowboarder Alena Zavarzina, right, won bronze in the parallel giant slalom.

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Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov won bronze in the pairs skating/short program event.

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Elena Nikitina who placed third became the first Russian athlete to win a medal in the women’s skeleton race.

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Alexander Smyshlyayev, who won bronze, became the first Russian athlete in 20 years to win a medal in the mogul contest.

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Russia’s women speed skaters won bronze in the team pursuit event. And Olga Graf, first left, won bronze in the 3000m race.