Olympians to compete for 4 sets of medals in Torino
On Sunday, February 19, 4 sets of Olympic medals will be awarded in Torino.
At 12:00 by Moscow time ski men`s 4x10 km relay will be held. Russia will be represented by Sergey Novikov, Vasily Rochev, Ivan Alypov and Evgeny Demetiev.
At 14:00 ladies` super-giant competitions among alpine skiers will take place. One Russian sportswoman Olesya Alieva will compete in this type of program but she is not a candidate for Olympic medals.
4 sportswomen - Svetlana Zhurova, Varvara Barysheva, Yekaterina Abramova and Yekaterina Lobysheva will represent Russia in speed skating for 1000 meters (19:00 by Moscow time).
Third and fourth heats in 2-man bobsleigh competitions will be held tonight (at 19:30). The medals will be awarded by results of 4 attempts. After 2 attempts crew of Alexander Zubkov and Aleksey Voevoda takes 5-th place. Second Russian team (Evgeniy Popov and Roman Oreshnikov) are far behind leaders - on 19-th position.
Finally Russians will play with Latvia (at 15:00). The day before charges of Vladimir Krikunov defeated Kazakhstan hockey team (1:0) and Latvian team was smashed by Swedes (1:6).
Moreover, figure-skaters will perform original dance at 21:00. This competition will become decisive for leaders of Russian team Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov because world and European champions are losing to Italian pair Fusar Poli Barbara and Margalio Maurizio, who returned to ice for Olympic Games. Both pairs will compete in last 5-th group.
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