the Russian athletes in the second medal day of 2016 Summer Olympics to Rio de Janeiro won two silver and two bronze awards.
of All in the second medal day awarded 14 sets of medals in archery, cycling, a diving, fencing, by judo, bullet firing, swimming, weightlifting. Leaders of the overall ranking after the second medal day are athletes of the national team of United States of America, the won 12 medals, among them three gold. The national team Russian Federation goes on the seventh place in this offset with five medals among which one gold , gives Information company "RIA Novosti" .
The second medal of the Olympic Games for Russian Federation unexpectedly was got by shooters. In the medal plan the Sunday program in firing did not cause big expectations, however surprises began already in qualification in exercise "air gun": Vitalin Batsarashkin's Russians and Korshunova Catherina not simply reached the final, but made it, having shown two best results.
In the final Korshunova Catherina left fight of the first, having taken the eighth place, and 19-year-old Batsarashkina, earlier at adult level taking part only in several World Cup stages, sensationally won silver medals. "I am happy with the second place, made everything that could. After all it is difficult to struggle with Chinese. Especially Chinese woman Zhang Mengxue won with a record of the Olympic finals. While, to tell the truth, still I do not realize that made", – Batsarashkina told.
The Russian luchnitsa Perova Xenia, Stepanova Inna and Dashidorzhieva Tuyana on Sunday won silver in team competitions, having conceded in the final to Koreans with the score 1-5. These awards became the first in the Russian history, won in female archery, and also bronze Badenov Bair at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 was the best achievement of Russians in this type of the program – earlier in a moneybox of Russians only. The national team South Korea won the eighth gold in female team competitions of the Olympic Games in succession and remains invincible at the Games.
"It is a shame that could not show them worthy resistance. There was a wish podnadavit on them somehow if to lose then with fight! And the chance to win actually was, – Perova Xenia told. – Could not be overcome adequately for a gold medal. But the second place at the Olympic Games is is very honourable".
The judoist Kuzyutina Natalia on Sunday took the third place in weight category to 52 kilograms, having brought to a women's team the first Olympic medal for the last 12 years. The previous success of Russians at the Games is dated 2004 when in Athenes by the third step of a podium rose Donguzashvili Thea, now, by the way, entering a trainer's staff of team of Ezio Gamby. Maylinda Kelmendi who has brought Respublika Kosovo the Olympic medal first in the history became the winner.
The Russian fencer Safin Timur won a bronze medal in competitions of foil fencers. In the first circle it overcame the compatriot Cheremisin Aleksey, in a semi-final conceded to Italian Daniele Garozzo who as a result became the Olympic champion. In a match for bronze Safin Timur won over the British Kruze Richard. Akhmatkhuzin Arthur in prize-winners did not get.