Beijing, Feb 11 Alexander Bolshunov breaks the record for the total number of Olympic medals won among the skiers of the USSR and Russia teams. On Friday, Bolshunov, who had previously won gold in Beijing in the skiathlon, took second place in the race from a separate start. This is the fourth silver of the Russian at the Olympics, he also has one bronze medal. With six medals, Bolshunov overtook the Soviet skier Nikolai Zimyatov, who has four gold and one silver medal. Among men and women, the largest number of medals won in the history of the performance of the USSR national team, the United team and the Russian team in cross-country skiing at the Olympics, Raisa Smetanina — 4 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze. The domestic record for the number of gold medals in cross-country skiing (6) belongs to Lyubov Egorova.
