MOSCOW, Jan 25Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko expressed hope that Russian athletes will be able to show impressive results at the 2022 Olympic Games in Beijing. On Tuesday, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) announced the composition of the national team for the Games in Beijing, it included 212 athletes. «According to the results, of the sports season in 2021 at the world championships in winter sports, our athletes won a total of 40 medals, this is the third result in the unofficial team standings.For the first time in history, Russian figure skaters took the maximum quota for the Olympic Games, and Kamila Valieva broke several world records within a few months The strongest skiers of the planet will also represent the country at the Beijing Games — these are Alexander Bolshunov, as well as Natalya Nepryaeva, who won the Tour de Ski for the first time in national history. We hope that they will show no less impressive results at the Games,» said Chernyshenko , the words of which are quoted by the press service of the Deputy Prime Minister. The Vice Prime Minister recalled that for m to minimize the risks of the spread of the COVID-19 virus at all Russian bases where athletes undergo the final stage of training, security measures have been strengthened. Access of outsiders to the territory of the training bases is completely prohibited. Testing of athletes and specialists of sports bases is regularly carried out. To date, all adult athletes of the national team have been vaccinated and have undergone an in-depth medical examination at the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia (FMBA). «Particular attention is now being paid to the health of athletes and all accompanying persons,» Chernyshenko noted. «The delegation, at the request of the organizers of the Games, included COVID «Officers. These are specialists from the FMBA and the Russian Olympic Committee. They will be responsible for interacting with the organizers on compliance with anti-epidemic measures and monitoring the epidemiological situation in the national team.» The Beijing Olympics will be held on February 4-20.
