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participated in the

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. In summary, the country's participants earned 15 medals: three gold, five silver, and seven bronze. The gold-medal tally of three was the worst ever result for Russia since the breakup of the

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, whilst the total of 15 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

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. According to Dr Maxim Titorenko, a Russian psychoanalyst and anthropologist,"the reasons for failures were to a large extent psychological. By receiving advance rewards rom the governmentfor something they were expected to do in future, the sportsmen lost all psychological incentive for further achievements.” The comparatively poor result generated a "chorus of criticism" in Russia, and

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demanded the resignation of Russian Olympic officials and ordered an audit. Corruption, as well as cronyism and apathy of Russian sports managers, was criticized. 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. By contrast, Russia performed well at the

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, 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. With Sochi being the host city of the

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, a Russian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

2010 Opening Ceremony - Russian Federation entering

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

;Men ;Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint

Curling

Women's tournament

Team:
Skip:

Ludmila Privivkova Liudmila Andreyevna Privivkova (russian: Людмила Андреевна Прививкова) (born 13 September 1986 in Moscow; also spelled Ludmila or Liudmilla, but she spells it Liudmila) is a Curling, curler (Skip (curling), Skip) from Ru ...

Third: Anna Sidorova
Second:

Nkeiruka Ezekh Nkeirouka Khilarievna "Kira" Ezekh (russian: Нкеирука (Кира) Хилариевна Езех; born October 17, 1983) is a Russian curler. She currently skips her own team out of Saint Petersburg. The team won the 2022 Russian Curli ...

Lead:

Ekaterina Galkina Ekaterina Vladimirovna Galkina (russian: Екатери́на Влади́мировна Га́лкина; born 10 August 1988 in Moscow) is a Russian curler. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, in Turin, Italy, she was part of Ludmila Privivkova's t ...

Alternate: ''

Margarita Fomina Margarita Mikhailovna Fomina (russian: Маргари́та Миха́йловна Фомина́; born 19 August 1988 in Dmitrov) is a curler from Moscow, Russia. She was part of Ludmila Privivkova's team that won the 2006 European Curling Ch ...

'' ;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

Figure skating

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. _{Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program}

Freestyle skiing

;Men ;Women ;Ski cross

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

;Roster

Group play

played in Group B. ;Round-robin All times are local ( UTC-8). ;Standings

Final rounds

;Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

;Roster

Group play

played in Group B. ;Round-robin All times are local ( UTC-8). ;Standings

Final rounds

;Fifth place semifinal ;Fifth place game

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

;Parallel GS ;Snowboard cross

Speed skating

;Men ;Women ;Team pursuit

References

External links

- Russian Olympic Team given a blessing at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow {{Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics 2010 in Russian sport, Oly Nations at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Women's tournament

Figure skating

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Group play

Final rounds

Women's tournament

Group play

Final rounds

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

See also

References

External links