Russia participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
In summary, the country's participants earned 13 medals: two gold, five silver, and six bronze. The gold-medal tally of two was the worst ever result for Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union, whilst the total of 13 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 [from the government] for something they were expected to do in future, the sportsmen lost all psychological incentive for further achievements.â 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.
Russia initially won three gold medals and 15 in total. However, biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov was later stripped of his gold and bronze medal for haemoglobin doping.
With Sochi being the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, a Russian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
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Team: <br /> Skip: Ludmila Privivkova <br /> Third: Anna Sidorova <br /> Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh <br /> Lead: Ekaterina Galkina <br /> Alternate: Margarita Fomina
Tuesday, 16 February, 2:00 PM
Wednesday, 17 February, 7:00 PM
Thursday, 18 February, 2:00 PM
Friday, 19 February, 9:00 AM
Friday, 19 February, 7:00 PM
Saturday, 20 February, 2:00 PM
Sunday, 21 February, 9:00 AM
Monday, 22 February, 2:00 PM
Tuesday, 23 February, 7:00 PM
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.
<sub>Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program</sub>
Russia played in Group B.
<small>All times are local (UTC-8).</small>
Russia played in Group B.
<small>All times are local (UTC-8).</small>