Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics


participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In summary, the country's participants earned 15 medals: three gold, five silver, and seven bronze. The gold-medal tally of three was the worst ever result for Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union, whilst the total of 15 medals was the country's second lowest score since the 2002 Winter Games. This was seen as a national humiliation considering that Russia was to host the next Winter Games at Sochi.
According to Dr Maxim Titorenko, a Russian psychoanalyst and anthropologist,"the reasons for failures were to a large extent psychological. By receiving advance rewards for something they were expected to do in future, the sportsmen lost all psychological incentive for further achievements.” The comparatively poor result generated a "chorus of criticism" in Russia, and President Dmitry Medvedev demanded the resignation of Russian Olympic officials and ordered an audit. Corruption, as well as cronyism and apathy of Russian sports managers, was criticized. It was later learned that Russia's performance at the Olympics followed widespread misspending by sports officials and a dysfunctional bureaucracy, according to government auditors. Russia spent $186 million for the games, including preparations. The audit cited dozens of examples of money being wasted, saying the figure ran into millions of dollars.
By contrast, Russia performed well at the Paralympics, also hosted in Vancouver, the following month. This led the media to highlight the contrast between the achievements of the country's Olympic and Paralympic delegations, despite the greater attention awarded to the Olympics.
With Sochi being the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a Russian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Cross-country skiingMen's sprint
BiathlonMen's mass start

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva		BiathlonWomen's relay
Cross-country skiingMen's sprint
Figure skatingMen's singles
BiathlonWomen's mass start
Speed skatingMen's 10000 metres
SnowboardingWomen's parallel giant slalom
Speed skatingMen's 5000 metres
SkeletonMen's skeleton

Alexey Voyevoda		BobsleighTwo-man

Natalya Korostelyova		Cross-country skiingWomen's team sprint

Alexey Petukhov		Cross-country skiingMen's team sprint

Maxim Shabalin		Figure skatingIce dancing

Anton Shipulin
Maxim Tchoudov
Evgeny Ustyugov		BiathlonMen's relay

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

;Men
;Women

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

;Distance
;Men
;Women
;Sprint

Curling

Women's tournament

Team:

Skip: Ludmila Privivkova

Third: Anna Sidorova

Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh

Lead: Ekaterina Galkina

Alternate: Margarita Fomina
;Round-robin
;Draw 1
Tuesday, 16 February, 2:00 PM
;Draw 3
Wednesday, 17 February, 7:00 PM
;Draw 4
Thursday, 18 February, 2:00 PM'
;Draw 5
Friday, 19 February, 9:00 AM
;Draw 6
Friday, 19 February, 7:00 PM
;Draw 7
Saturday, 20 February, 2:00 PM
;Draw 8
Sunday, 21 February, 9:00 AM
;Draw 10
Monday, 22 February, 2:00 PM
;Draw 12
Tuesday, 23 February, 7:00 PM''
;Standings

Figure skating

Russia has qualified two entrants in men's singles, two in ladies singles, three in pair skating, and three in ice dancing, for a total of 16 athletes.
Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

;Men
;Women
;Ski cross

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

;Roster

Group play

played in Group B.
;Round-robin
All times are local.
;Standings

Final rounds

;Quarterfinal

Women's tournament

;Roster

Group play

played in Group B.
;Round-robin
All times are local.
;Standings

Final rounds

;Fifth place semifinal
;Fifth place game

Luge

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

;Parallel GS
;Snowboard cross

Speed skating

;Men
;Women
;Team pursuit