Today has become yet another triumph for the Russian team at the Paralympic Games in Vancouver.

Throughout this day of competitions, the Russian athletes won 8 more medals.

Three Russian athletes stood on the Paralympic pedestal after having completed the Men’s 12.5 km Biathlon competition: Irek Zaripov, Vladimir Kiselev and Roman Petushkov.

Irek Zaripov has already become a three-time champion of the Games while Roman Petushkov is now a two-time medalist of Vancouver.

Another medal was brought to the Russian team in the Men’s 12.5 km Biathlon individual event by Nikolay Polukhin – already a three-time silver medalist of the 2010 Paralympic Winter Games among visually impaired athletes. Earlier, he won silver in the 20 km Free Cross Country Skiing event and in the 3 km Biathlon Pursuit.

The gold medal in the Women’s 10 km Biathlon event among athletes with a locomotor apparatus injury belongs to Maria Iovleva, who is already a silver medalist in the Vancouver Games’ 2.4 km Biathlon Pursuit .

Two-time Vancouver Games champion Anna Burmistrova won her third Paralympic medal- silver in the 12.5 km Biathlon Individual event among athletes with a physical disability.

Liubov Vasilyeva and Mikhalina Lysova won silver and bronze, respectively, in the Women’s 12.5 km Biathlon Individual event among visually impaired athletes. Liubov Vasilyeva became a three-time silver medalist of the Games, while Mikhalina Lysova won her second Vancouver bronze medal.

 

The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee congratulates the medalists, whose results prove that for true athletes, no obstacle is too great to keep them from reaching their goal. We also congratulate all fans, who support these Paralympians and take pride in the numerous victories of the Russian team.