MOSCOW, April 26, Andrei Simonenko. Aide to the President of Russia Igor Levitin presented medals Order «For Merit to the Fatherland» to silver and bronze medalists of the Olympic Games in Beijing. On Tuesday, the Kremlin hosts a meeting of Russian Olympians with President Vladimir Putin, within which state awards were awarded to the winners and prize-winners of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Medals of the Order of Merit before the Fatherland» I degree silver medalists received ski jumpers Irina Avvakumova, Evgeny Klimov, Irma Makhinya, Daniil Sadreev, speed skaters Daniil Aldoshkin, Ruslan Zakharov, Sergey Trofimov, short track skaters Semyon Elistratov, Konstantin Ivliev, hockey players Timur Bilyalov, Vyacheslav Voynov, Stanislav Galiev, Arseniy Gritsyuk, Nikita Gusev, Alexander Yelesin, Alexander Nikishin, Artur Kayumov, Alexander Samonov, Kirill Semenov, Vladimir Tkachev, Damir Sharipzyanov, Vadim Shi Pachev, freestylers Ilya Burov, Sergey Ridzik, biathletes Irina Kazakevich, Svetlana Mironova, Ulyana Nigmatullina, Kristina Reztsova, figure skater Alexandra Trusova and skier Ivan Yakimushkin. Bronze medalist of the Games biathlete Maxim Tsvetkov was also awarded. Medals of the Order «For Merit to the Fatherland» II degree were awarded to bronze medalists of the Olympics: snowboarder Vic Wild, speed skater Angelina Golikova, luger Tatyana Ivanova, biathletes Eduard Latypov, Alexander Loginov, Karim Khalili, freestyler Anastasia Smirnova , skier Alexander Terentiev. The silver medalists of the 2022 Games, figure skaters Vladimir Morozov and Evgenia Tarasova, were also awarded.
