Russia Tops the Medals Table at Paralympics
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15.03.2010
The Russian team has completed Day one of Vancouver Paralympic Games with a total of eight medals – three of them golds – beating out their rivals in the biathlon. The other medals were three silvers and two bronzes. In second comes Ukraine with 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals. Germany, Norway, Belarus and the USA have one medal each.
Russia’s Irek Zaripov won the first gold medal was won by Irek Zaripov in the men’s 2.4-km biathlon pursuit. The second gold in men's 3 km pursuit (athletes with mobility disabilities) went to a biathlete Kirill Mikhailov. Biathlete Anna Burmistrova also won a gold in women’s pursuit.
Russia's paralympic team was also first at the last Winter Games in Turin, Italy. In Canada, they are scheduled – weather permitting – to take part in six further medal events, such as cross-country skiing and alpine skiing, which are separate for men and women of various disabilities.
Russian athletes will not participate in the other two paralympic sports of wheelchair curling and ice sledge hockey. Russia sent 32 athletes to compete in the games, which end March 21. A total of more than 1,300 athletes from 44 countries are attending the event.