Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics
| Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | RUS | ||||||||
| NOC | Russian Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 232 in 15 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Aleksandr Zubkov (opening) Maxim Trankov (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 1st |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
| Other related appearances | |||||||||
 Russian Empire (1900–1912) Soviet Union (1952–1988) Unified Team (1992) |
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Russia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, from 7 to 23 February 2014 as the host nation. As host, Russia participated in all 15 sports, with a team consisting of 232 athletes. It is Russia's largest Winter Olympics team to date.
Russia's medal count in 2014, 33, was its highest ever in the Winter Olympics, improving on the 1994 Games, when the Russian team earned 23 medals overall, also beating the Soviet Union's best medal count ever at the Winter Olympics.
Bobsledder Aleksandr Zubkov was the flag bearer of the Russian team in the Parade of Nations during the opening ceremony.
Currently, disciplinary proceedings are underway against 24 Russian athletes from these games for doping. This is in addition to 15 of their 33 medalists who have been implicated in a massive state-sponsored doping scandal headed by Dr. Rodchenkov.
As a host nation, Russia has qualified a total quota of nine athletes in alpine skiing.
Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships Russia qualified 6 men and 6 women. Irina Starykh originally qualified, but she withdrew from the team after testing positive for doping and was replaced by Olga Podchufarova.
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
* – Denotes the driver of each sled
Russia qualified a maximum of 20 quotas (12 men and 8 women). For the first time since 1956, Russia (previously Soviet Union) failed to win a medal in women's cross-country skiing.
Team: Andrey Drozdov, Aleksey Stukalskiy, Evgeniy Arkhipov, Petr Dron, Aleksandr Kozyrev
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