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Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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Russia participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In summary, the country's participants earned 14 medals: two gold, five silver, and seven bronze. The gold-medal tally of two was the worst ever result for Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union, whilst the total of 14 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]
Russia initially won three gold medals and 15 in total. However, biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov was later stripped of his gold medal for haemoglobin doping.[6]
With Sochi being the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a Russian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
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Medalists
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Alpine skiing
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Biathlon
- Men
- Women
Bobsleigh
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Cross-country skiing
- Distance
- Men
- Women
- Sprint
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Curling
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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
- Draw 3
Wednesday, 17 February, 7:00 PM
- Draw 4
Thursday, 18 February, 2:00 PM'
- Draw 5
Friday, 19 February, 9:00 AM
- Draw 6
Friday, 19 February, 7:00 PM
- Draw 7
Saturday, 20 February, 2:00 PM
- Draw 8
Sunday, 21 February, 9:00 AM
- Draw 10
Monday, 22 February, 2:00 PM
- Draw 12
Tuesday, 23 February, 7:00 PM
- Standings
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Figure skating
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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.[8]
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
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Freestyle skiing
- Men
- Women
- Ski cross
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Ice hockey
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Men's tournament
- Roster
The following is the Russian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[11]
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.[12]
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) |  Latvia | Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,862 |
| 18 February 2010 21:00 | Slovakia  | 2–1 (SO) (0–0, 0–1, 1–0, 0–0, 1–0) | Russia | Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,202 |
| 21 February 2010 12:00 | Russia | 4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1) |  Czech Republic | Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,114 |
- Standings
Source: IIHF
Final rounds
- Quarterfinal
| 24 February 2010 16:30 | Russia | 3–7 (1–4, 2–3, 0–0) |  Canada | Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver Attendance: 17,740 |
Women's tournament
- Roster
The following is the Russian roster in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[13]
Head coach: Valentin Gureev Assistant coach: Alexei Chistyakov
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) | Russia | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,275 |
| 16 February 2010 14:30 | Russia | 0–13 (0–5, 0–7, 0–1) |  United States | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,365 |
| 18 February 2010 19:00 | China  | 1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0) | Russia | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,391 |
- Standings
Source: ESPN
Final rounds
- Fifth place semifinal
| 20 February 2010 19:00 | Russia | 4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1) | Slovakia | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,488 |
- Fifth place game
| 22 February 2010 19:00 | Switzerland  | 2–1 GWS (0–1, 1–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0) | Russia | UBC Winter Sports Centre, Vancouver Attendance: 5,412 |
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Luge
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Nordic combined
Short track speed skating
Skeleton
Ski jumping
Snowboarding
- Parallel GS
- Snowboard cross
Speed skating
- Men
- Women
- Team pursuit
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