Beijing, February 20, Sergey Yaremenko. Stanislav Pozdnyakov, President of the Russian Olympic Committee, says that the national team successfully performed at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. On Sunday, the last set of awards was played, the Russian hockey team lost to the Finns in the final (1:2). In total, the Russians have 32 medals (the second result at the Beijing Games) — six gold, 12 silver, 14 bronze. The Russian team took ninth place in the medal standings. “I think these are successful Games for our guys,” Pozdnyakov told reporters. “We assumed that we could compete for 30 medals. The forecast matched. to the gold ranks, including hockey. All the Olympics are memorable in their own way. There was a lot of work related to the coronavirus. Tokyo and Beijing will be remembered for me exclusively by pandemic things. «The closing ceremony will take place later on Sunday.
