Aleksey Zhamnov began with silver: the Russian hockey players conceded gold of Games to Finns

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The men's national team Russian Federation on hockey, having ceded to team of Finland in a final, could not protect a title of Olympic champions at the Games in Beijing. Bronze medals the team for the first time in history won Slovakia. Taking into account performance at the Olympic Games of USSR national teams and Commonwealth of Independent States the national team still shares with Canadians a place on number of victories (on nine). Finns did not win earlier gold. Matches of the Olympic tournament passed on two constructed to 2020 Summer Olympics 2008 arenas: in containing 18 thousand audience the State sports palace Beijing and in the sports center "Ukeson" (9 thousand)...
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Nikita Gusev
Last position: The professional athlete on hockey (LLC "HOCKEY CLUB SKA")
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Ilya Kovalchuk
Main activity:Athlete
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Yegor Konstantinovich Yakovlev
Last position: The athlete - the professional on hockey (INDEPENDENT NONCOMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION "HOCKEY CLUB "METALLURG", INDEPENDENT NONCOMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION "KHKM")
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Sergei Mozyakin
Last position: The professional athlete on hockey (INDEPENDENT NONCOMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION "HOCKEY CLUB "METALLURG", INDEPENDENT NONCOMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION "KHKM")
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