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Russia's Medvedev to award Paralympic medalists in Kremlin

The Russian Paralympic team topped the Vancouver overall standings with 38 medals and were second in the gold medal count after Germany
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Russian president honors Paralympic medalists in Kremlin
15:29 02/04/2010
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Russian medalists of the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games in the Moscow Kremlin on Friday to personally award them state prizes and decorations
Russian Paralympians receive enthusiastic welcome in Moscow
14:56 24/03/2010
Russia’s Paralympians returned home triumphantly. Russia’s national team won the overall medal count at the X Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, falling only one medal behind Germany for the gold medal lead. Russian athletes won a total of 38 medals, including 12 golds, 16 silvers and 10 bronzes, and were welcomed as heroes at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport.

Russian skier takes 4th gold of 2010 Paralympics in Canada
04:35 19/03/2010
Russia's cross country skier Irek Zaripov took his fourth gold at the 2010 Paralympics in Canada's Vancouver after winning the Men's 10 km, Sitting.
Russia wins 8 medals in 2010 Paralympics Biathlon
12:05 18/03/2010
Russian athletes won eight medals, including two golds, at Vancouver Paralympics biathlon events on Thursday
Slovakia wins gold in men, women 2010 Paralympics Giant Slalom
06:13 17/03/2010
Slovakian athletes took gold medals in men's and women's visually impaired Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom at 2010 Paralympics in Canada.
Paralympic athlete classification
15:34 16/03/2010
Classifying a participant’s physical status and qualifying him/her for the Paralympic Games
Russian female skiers win gold, silver in Vancouver Paralympics
02:49 16/03/2010
Russian female athletes won a gold and a silver medal in two 15-km cross-country races during the 2010 Paralympics in Canada on Tuesday.
Russian skier wins gold in Men's 20 km Free at 2010 Paralympics
23:01 15/03/2010
Russia's skier Kirill Mikhaylov won gold at the 2010 Paralympics in Canada after winning in Cross-Country Skiing, Men's 20 km Free, Standing.
Russia takes 4th gold at 2010 Paralympics in Canada
22:03 14/03/2010
Russia's cross-country skiing athlete Irek Zaripov won gold medal in Men's 15 km Sitting at the 2010 Paralympics in Canada's Vancouver.
Russia leads medal count after first day of Paralympics
06:59 14/03/2010
Russia has taken the lead in the medal standings after the first day of Paralympics in Vancouver, gaining three gold, three silver and two bronze medals and affirming the suggestion by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that the Russian Paralympics team would prove its class.
Putin sure Russia's Paralympics team will prove its class
10:23 13/03/2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is certain that the country's Paralympics team will demonstrate its "skill and spirit" at the Vancouver Games, the government press office said on Saturday.
Russian Paralympic team: “Our only goal is to win Olympic gold.”
13:40 19/02/2010
A farewell ceremony for the Russian Paralympic team was held in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. The team is going to take part in the 10th Winter Paralympic Games. Its members say they have ambitious plans.

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Russian Paralympians receive enthusiastic welcome in Moscow
14:56 24/03/2010
Russia’s Paralympians returned home triumphantly. Russia’s national team won the overall medal count at the X Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver, falling only one medal behind Germany for the gold medal lead. Russian athletes won a total of 38 medals, including 12 golds, 16 silvers and 10 bronzes, and were welcomed as heroes at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport.

Russian Paralympic team: “Our only goal is to win Olympic gold.”
13:40 19/02/2010
A farewell ceremony for the Russian Paralympic team was held in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. The team is going to take part in the 10th Winter Paralympic Games. Its members say they have ambitious plans.

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Xth Paralympic games in Vancouver
The 10th Paralympics kicked off in Vancouver on Friday, March 12. Russia came first in the 2006 Turin Games in the overall medal count, with 13 golds, 13 silvers and 7 bronzes.








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