MOSCOW, August 28 (RIA Novosti) - On the 14th day of the Olympic Games in Athens the Russian national team won two gold, four silver and two bronze medals.
On Friday morning Alexander Kostoglod and Alexander Kovalev won silver medals in Men's C2 1000m Canoe/Kayak Flatwater Racing.
Denis Nizhegorodov and Alexei Voyevodin took the second and third places in Men's 50km Walk.
The victory of the Russian synchronized swimming team was quite predictable in spite of some technical failures.
Women's long jumpers Tatiana Lebedeva, Irina Simagina and Tatiana Kotova gave a very successful performance and won gold, silver and bronze medals.
Russian runners Yulia Tabakova, Olga Fedorova, Irina Khabarova and Larisa Kruglova took the second place in Women's 4 x 100m Relay yielding to athletes from Jamaica.
