Dmitry Medvedev took part in a ceremony at which winners and medallists of the 2018 Winter Olympics were presented with cars from the Russian Olympians Foundation.
Greetings to 2018 PyeongChang Olympic medallists
With Alina Zagitova, gold medallist in ladies’ single figure skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Yevgenia Medvedeva, silver medallist in ladies’ single figure skating at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Nikita Gusev, ice hockey gold medallist at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Pavel Datsuk, ice hockey gold medallist at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Sergei Mozyakin, ice hockey gold medallist at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Kirill Kaprizov, ice hockey gold medallist at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Alexander Bolshunov, medallist in cross-country skiing at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Andrei Larkov, medallist in cross-country skiing at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Semyon Yelistratov, bronze medallist in short-track at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
With Natalya Nepryayeva, medallist in cross-country skiing at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics
Greetings to 2018 PyeongChang Olympic medallists
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev took part in a ceremony at which winners and medallists of the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang were presented with cars from the Russian Olympians Foundation. The Prime Minister chairs the foundation’s board of trustees.
Excerpts from Dmitry Medvedev’s remarks:
My sincere congratulations both on your Olympic and state awards.
The XXIII Winter Olympic Games claimed special attention due to the very specific atmosphere which formed around the Games and our Olympic team.
Today it was decided to reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee.
All Russia watched the Olympic Games with great interest. I am saying this both as Prime Minister and as an ordinary fan, a viewer who watched your performances. Nicely done! You have already done a lot, and not only for your sport careers but for the country.
We have the Russian Olympians Foundation, and I was directly involved in its establishment 13 years ago. The foundation is meant to help our athletes. It is done by Russian businesspeople.
There are state programmes, mass sport and elite sport, and support also comes from such foundations. They too would like to thank you for your performance and give you the gifts usually presented on this occasion. I hope that they will help you follow the first part of the Olympic motto, which is to be faster, however, within the traffic regulations.
