Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
| Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | RUS | ||||||||
| NOC | Russian Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 190 in 15 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Dmitry Dorofeev (opening) Evgeni Plushenko (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 4th |
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 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It sent a total of 190 athletes to participate in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. Russia was a key part of the Soviet Union when it won the highest number of gold medals for the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1988 Winter Olympics. In the 1994 Winter Olympics, Russia topped the medal tables by itself.
Dmitry Dorofeev, a speed skater, served as flag bearer at the opening ceremonies.
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Olga Pyleva was stripped of her silver medal in the women's individual after testing positive for carphedon, a stimulant.
Team: Ludmila Privivkova (skip), Nkeirouka Ezekh, Yana Nekrasova, Yekaterina Galkina and Olga Zharkova (alternate)
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Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program
The Russian men's team finished the round robin portion of the competition ranked second in Group B, losing just once, to Slovakia. It beat Canada in thequarter finals, but lost both the semifinal and bronze medal game to finish fourth overall
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