Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold
Yevgeny Dementyev
Cross-country skiing
Men's 30 km pursuit
12 February

Gold
Svetlana Ishmuratova
Biathlon
Women's individual
13 February

Gold
Tatiana Totmianina
Maxim Marinin
Figure skating
Pairs
13 February

Gold
Svetlana Zhurova
Speed skating
Women's 500 m
14 February

Gold
Evgeni Plushenko
Figure skating
Men's
16 February

Gold
Natalia Baranova-Masolkina
Larisa Kurkina
Yuliya Chepalova
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
Cross-country skiing
Women's 4 x 5 km relay
18 February

Gold
Tatiana Navka
Roman Kostomarov
Figure skating
Ice dance
20 February

Gold
Albina Akhatova
Anna Bogaliy
Svetlana Ishmuratova
Olga Zaitseva
Biathlon
Women's relay
23 February

Silver
Albert Demtschenko
Luge
Men's singles
12 February

Silver
Dmitry Dorofeev
Speed skating
Men's 500 m
13 February

Silver
Sergei Tchepikov
Nikolay Kruglov Jr.
Pavel Rostovtsev
Ivan Tcherezov
Biathlon
Men's relay
21 February

Silver
Yuliya Chepalova
Cross-country skiing
Women's 30 km freestyle
24 February

Silver
Alexandr Zubkov
Filipp Yegorov
Alexei Seliverstov
Alexey Voyevoda
Bobsleigh
Four-man
25 February

Silver
Yevgeny Dementyev
Cross-country skiing
Men's 50 km freestyle
26 February

Bronze
Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova
Cross-country skiing
Women's 15 km pursuit
12 February

Bronze
Albina Akhatova
Biathlon
Women's individual
13 February

Bronze
Ivan Alypov
Vasily Rochev
Cross-country skiing
Men's team sprint
14 February

Bronze
Yekaterina Abramova
Varvara Barysheva
Yekaterina Lobysheva
Galina Likhachova
Svetlana Vysokova
Speed skating
Women's team pursuit
16 February

Bronze
Albina Akhatova
Biathlon
Women's pursuit
18 February

Bronze
Alyona Sidko
Cross-country skiing
Women's sprint
22 February

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Yevgeny Alexandrovich Dementyev ( Russian : Евге́ний Александрович Деме́нтьев , born 17 January 1983 in Tayozhny , Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug ) is a Russian cross-country skier . He attended Children and Youth Sports School of Sovetsky District , Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug , where his first trainer was Valery Ukhov . Dementyev 's first international success was in 2001 at the Junior World Championship . He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , with a gold in the men 's 15 km + 15 km pursuit event and a silver in the men 's 50 km freestyle mass start . Dementyev finished 0.8 seconds behind the winner Giorgio Di Centa in the 50 km event , the closest margin of victory in Olympic history . This margin of victory eclipsed the previous record of 4.9 seconds set at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo between fellow Swedes Thomas Wassberg and Gunde Svan . He also won two medals at the 2003 Nordic skiing World Junior Championships with a gold in 10 km and a bronze in the 30 km . Dementyev has two 4×10 km medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005 . His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 22nd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in 2005 . On 25 August 2009 , Russian newssite russiatoday.com reported that Dementyev has tested positive for recombinant erythropoietin ( EPO ) . He returned in 2011 after a two-year ban .
The cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 events , from 11 to 26 February 2006 at Pragelato in Turin .
The Men 's 30 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , was held on 12 February at Pragelato .
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova ( Russian : Светлана Ирековна Ишмуратова ) ( born 20 April 1972 ) is a Russian biathlete . She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession . Ishmouratova won the gold in the women 's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics .
Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics consisted of ten biathlon events . They were held at the Cesana-San Sicario arena . The events began on 11 February and ended on 25 February 2006 . Approximately 6,500 spectators were expected by the organizing committee . In these games , biathlon events were open to both men and women but they raced in different distances in their own events . Men from 28 nations and women from 27 nations qualified to participate in the events . Only seven nations in total took home medals , Germany winning the most ( 5 gold , 4 silver , 2 bronze ) . Six biathletes won 3 medals each : Albina Akhatova , Kati Wilhelm , Martina Glagow , Michael Greis , Ole Einar Bjørndalen , and Sven Fischer . Greis won the most gold medals , with a total of three .
The Women 's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 13 February , at Cesana San Sicario . Competitors raced over five loops of a 3.0 kilometre skiing course , shooting twenty times , ten prone and ten standing . Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor 's skiing time . Anna Bogaliy-Titovets won at this track at the pre-Olympic trial event in 2005 , when she finished in a time of 50:47.9 with one penalty minute , while Andrea Henkel was the defending World and Olympic champion . Henkel had not won a 15 km World Cup race apart from these two wins in the Championships , however , and Sweden 's Anna Carin Olofsson was the World Cup leader before the Games . [ citation needed ] Olga Pyleva originally placed second in the race , but was found to be in violation of anti-doping rules when she tested positive for carphedon , and she was then disqualified .
Tatiana Ivanovna Totmianina ( Russian : Татьяна Ивановна Тотьмянина ; born 2 November 1981 ) is a Russian former competitive pair skater . With partner Maxim Marinin , she is the 2006 Olympic champion , two-time World champion , and five-time European champion . The pair began skating together in 1996 and retired from competition in 2006 .
Maxim Viktorovich Marinin ( Russian : Максим Викторович Маринин , born 23 March 1977 ) is a Russian former competitive pair skater . With partner Tatiana Totmianina , he is the 2006 Olympic champion , two-time World champion , and five-time European champion .
Four figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics were held at the Palavela in Turin . Lithuanian ice dancers Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas ( who were married in 2000 ) became the first figure skaters to compete at five Olympics .
Pair skating was contested during the figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics . This event is performed by partners consisting of a female and male skater . The competition consists of two segments . A short program is skated first , with eight required elements performed within 2 minutes and 50 seconds . All pairs progress to the free skating , where each pair skates for 4 minutes and 30 seconds . There were 20 pairs who competed at the 2006 Games .
Svetlana Sergeyevna Zhurova ( Russian : Светла́на Серге́евна Жу́рова ; born 7 January 1972 ) is a speed skater from Russia . Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation .
Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held over ten days , from 11 to 25 February . Twelve events were contested at the Oval Lingotto .
The women 's 500 m speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin , Italy . The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races , with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races .
Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko ( Russian : Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко​ ( help·info ) , born 3 November 1982 ) is a Russian former figure skater . He is a four-time Olympic medalist ( 2006 gold , 2014 team gold , 2002 & 2010 silver ) , a three-time World champion ( 2001 , 2003 , 2004 ) , a seven-time European champion ( 2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 ) , a four-time Grand Prix Final champion ( 1999-2000 , 2000-01 , 2002-03 , 2004-05 ) , and a ten-time Russian national champion ( 1999-2002 , 2004-2006 , 2010 , 2012-2013 ) . Plushenko 's four Olympic medals once tied with Sweden 's Gillis Grafström 's record for most Olympic medals in figure skating , which has since been surpassed by Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue . He also won a record total of 22 titles on the Grand Prix circuit .
Men 's single skating was contested during the figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics . This individual event was structured in a similar manner to the pairs event , with a short program and a free skating . 30 skaters entered the short program , but only the top 24 competitors continued to the free skating . The 2002 Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin from Russia did not defend his title because he announced retirement in 2003 . On the other hand , reigning World Champion Stéphane Lambiel from Switzerland did compete . The clear favorite before the competition was three-time world champion Evgeni Plushenko , who withdrew from the 2005 World Championships due to injury . Reigning world champion Stéphane Lambiel was considered Plushenko 's main competition for the gold . Other notable competitors coming into the event included Canadians Jeffrey Buttle ( the reigning world silver medalist ) and Emanuel Sandhu , France 's Brian Joubert , Japan 's Daisuke Takahashi , and the strong American team of Johnny Weir , Evan Lysacek ( reigning world bronze medalist ) , and Matt Savoie .
Natalya Ivanova Baranova-Masalkina ( Russian : Наталья Ивановна Баранова-Масалкина ) ; born February 25 , 1975 in Krivosheino , Tomsk Oblast ) is a former Russian cross-country skier who has competed from 1994 to 2006 . She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Baranova-Masalkina won two medals at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 4 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 30 km . She also has three individual victories at various levels from 1995 to 2004 .
Larisa Nikolaevna Kurkina ( Russian : Лариса Николаевна Куркина ) born December 18 , 1973 ) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002 . She won a gold medal in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Kurkina won a silver medals in the 4 × 5 km relay at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and finished fifth in the 30 km at those same championships . She also has one individual victory in a 2004 individual sprint event in Russia .
Yuliya Anatolyevna Chepalova ( Russian : Ю́лия Анато́льевна Чепа́лова ; born 23 December 1976 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur , Russian SFSR ) is a former Russian cross-country skier .
Yevgeniya Vladimirovna Medvedeva ( Russian : Евге́ния Влади́мировна Медве́дева-Арбу́зова ; born 4 July 1976 in Kondopoga , Karelian ASSR ) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 1996 . Competing in two Winter Olympics , she won two medals at Turin in 2006 with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay and a bronze in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit . Medvedeva-Arbuzova also won two silver medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships ( 30 km : 2009 , 4 × 5 km relay : 2005 ) .
The Women 's 4 x 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 18 February , at Pragelato . Vibeke Skofterud , Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen , Kristin Størmer Steira and Marit Bjørgen of Norway were the defending World Champions , but finished third at a pre-Olympic World Cup event in Val di Fiemme , where a team representing Finland won . Germany were defending Olympic champions , with Claudia Künzel , Manuela Henkel , Viola Bauer and Evi Sachenbacher .
Tatyana Aleksandrovna Navka ( Russian : Татьяна Александровна Навка , born 13 April 1975 ) is a Russian ice dancer . With partner Roman Kostomarov , she is the 2006 Olympic champion , a two-time World champion ( 2004-05 ) , a three-time Grand Prix Final champion ( 2003-05 ) , and a three-time European champion ( 2004-06 ) . Earlier in her career , she competed for the Soviet Union and Belarus .
Roman Sergeyevich Kostomarov ( Russian : Роман Серге́евич Костомаров , born 8 February 1977 ) is a Russian ice dancer . With partner Tatiana Navka , he is the 2006 Olympic champion , two-time World champion ( 2004-05 ) , three-time Grand Prix Final champion ( 2003-05 ) , and three-time European champion ( 2004-06 ) .
Ice dance was contested during the figure skating events at the 2006 Winter Olympics . This competition began with a compulsory dance , the Ravensburg Waltz , on February 17 , in which all couples performed the same dance . The original dance , in which skaters performed to a designated set of rhythms ( Latin combination ) , was held two days later , and the 4-minute free dance concluded the competition on February 20 . 24 couples entered the competition , and all of them continued through to the free dance . Coming into the competition , Russians Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov , the reigning world champions , were the clear favorites . Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto , who won silver medals at the last World Championships , aimed to win the first Olympic medals in ice dance for USA since 1976 . Teams from Ukraine , France , Canada , Israel , Lithuania , Italy , and Bulgaria were also vying for a medal .
Albina Khamitovna Akhatova ( Russian : Альби́на Хами́товна Аха́това , Tatar : Albina Xəmit qızı Axatova ; born November 13 , 1976 ) is a Russian former biathlete .
Anna Ivanovna Bogaliy ( Russian : А́нна Ива́новна Бога́лий ) ( born June 12 , 1979 in Vozhega , Vologda Oblast ) is a retired Russian biathlete . She is 167 cm tall and weighs 58 kg . She has had eleven podium finishes , three in first place , four in second , and has come third four times . At the 2006 Winter Olympics , Bogaliy won gold on the 4 × 6 km relay . At the World Championships , she won three gold medals in relays , including a recent title in mixed relay in Holmenkollen .
Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva ( Russian : Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева ; born 16 May 1978 ) is a former Russian biathlete . She began her career in 1994 . After not competing in the 2014-15 season , Zaitseva announced her retirement on 24 January 2015 . Shortly afterwards she announced that she had been appointed as caretaker head coach of the Russian biathlon team .
The Women 's 4 x 6 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 23 February , at Cesana San Sicario . Each national team consisted of four members , with each skiing 6 kilometres and shooting twice , once prone and once standing .
Albert Mikhailovich Demchenko ( Russian : Альберт Михайлович Демченко ; born 27 November 1971 ) is a Russian luger who competed from 1992 to 2014 . He is currently coaching the Russian luge team . His daughter Victoria Demchenko is also a luger .
The Luge competition at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games was held at Cesana Pariol in Cesana , Italy . Three events were staged , taking place from February 11 to February 15 . These were the first games where a qualifying system was used to determine the enterants into the games .
The men 's luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics began on February 11 , and was completed on February 12 at Cesana Pariol .
Dmitry Anatolyevich Dorofeyev ( Russian : Дмитрий Анатольевич Дорофеев , born 13 November 1976 ) is a speed skater . Dorofeyev won a silver medal in the 500 m at the 2006 Winter Olympics . His second-place finish was Russia 's first Olympic speed skating medal since 1994 . He placed tenth in the 1,000 m event . Earlier that year , he won silver at the World Sprint Championships .
The men 's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin , Italy . The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races , with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races .
Sergei Vladimirovich Tchepikov ( Russian : Серге́й Влади́мирович Че́пиков ; born 30 January 1967 ) is a Russian politician and a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics , five in biathlon ( 1988 , 1992 , 1994 , 2002 and 2006 ) and one in cross country skiing ( 1998 ) . His last Olympic performance was a silver medal in the 4 × 7.5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Tchepikov has two World Cup titles ( 1989/90 , 1990/91 ) . He has had 25 podium finishes , six in first place , thirteen in second , and has come third six times . In the Olympics , Tchepikov has two gold , three silver , and one bronze medals . In the World Championships he has won 14 medals , however only two gold medals .
Nikolay Nikolayevich Kruglov ( Russian : Никола́й Никола́евич Кругло́в ; born 8 April 1981 ) is a former Russian biathlete . His father , Nikolay Kruglov , was also a biathlete . Kruglov Jr. has won a couple of medals with the Russian relay team . He is a two-time World Champion in the men 's relay and a two-time World Champion in mixed relay . Also he won silver medals at the 2005 World Championships and the 2006 Olympics . Kruglov retired from the sport after the 2009-10 season .
Pavel Aleksandrovich Rostovtsev ( Russian : Павел Александрович Ростовцев ; born 21 September 1971 ) is a Russian former biathlete .
Ivan Yuryevich Tcherezov ( Russian : Иван Юрьевич Черезов ; born 18 November 1980 ) is a former Russian biathlete . He announced his retirement from biathlon at the end of the 2015-16 season .
The Men 's 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 21 February , at Cesana San Sicario . Each national team consisted of four members , with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice , once prone and once standing . At each shooting station , a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets ; however , only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one - if additional shots are required , the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time . If after the eight shots are taken , there are still targets not yet hit , the competitor must ski a 150-metre penalty loop .
The Women 's 30 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 24 February , at Pragelato . Marit Bjørgen was the defending World Champion , while the last 30 kilometre free style ( with individual start ) in the World Cup was won by Yuliya Chepalova on 28 February 2004 . The event had never been held as a mass start at the Olympics , but the last 30 km ( a classical individual start event ) was won by Gabriella Paruzzi of Italy . Veteran Kateřina Neumannová won her second medal at the Torino Olympics . Her daughter , Luci , greeted the exhausted Neumannová after she won . Newcomer Justyna Kowalczyk won the first ever Olympic medal in cross-country skiing for Poland , for either men or women .
Alexandr Yuryevich Zubkov ( Russian : Александр Юрьевич Зубков ; born 10 August 1974 ) is a Russian retired bobsledder who has competed since 1999 . Competing in four Winter Olympics , he won two medals with a silver in 2006 ( four-man ) and a bronze in 2010 ( two-man ) . On 24 November 2017 , he was found guilty of doping offences and stripped of his medals from the 2014 Winter Olympics .
Filipp Yevgenyevich Yegorov ( Russian : Филипп Евгеньевич Егоров ; born June 8 , 1978 ) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 2000 . Competing in three Winter Olympics , he won the silver medal in the four-man event at Turin in 2006 with his teammates Alexandr Zubkov , Alexei Seliverstov , and Alexey Voyevoda . He was also a member of the four-man crew which won silver medals at the Bobsleigh European Championship in 2011 and 2012 .
Alexei Nikolayevich Seliverstov ( Russian : Алексей Николаевич Селиверстов ) ( sometimes listed as Aleksey Seliverstov , born July 24 , 1976 in Ufa ) is a Russian bobsledder who has competed since 1996 . Competing in three Winter Olympics , he won the silver medal in the four-man event with teammates Philippe Egorov , Alexandre Zoubkov , and Alexey Voevoda at Turin in 2006 . Seliverstov also won two medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with a silver in 2005 and a bronze in 2003 . He participated in the torch relay for 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan and the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . He carried both torches through his hometown of Ufa , and lit the city cauldron outside the Ufa Arena with the Olympic torch .
Alexey Ivanovich Voyevoda ( Russian : Алексей Иванович Воевода ; born 9 May 1980 ) is a Russian bobsledder and professional armwrestler .
Three bobsleigh events were competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics , at the Cesana Pariol venue . The competition took place between February 17 and February 26 , 2006 . The events used the newly built Cesana Pariol track measuring 1435 metres with 19 curves , a vertical change of 114 metres , and an approximate top speed of 130 kilometres per hour . Competitions comprised four heats . Teams raced in the first and third heats in the order of the draw . The second heat was raced in order of ranking after the first heat , and the fourth heat is raced in order of the ranking after the first three heats . Total time for the four heats determined the final rank .
The Four-man bobsleigh competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 24 and 25 February , at Cesana Pariol .
The Men 's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , was held on 26 February , at Pragelato . This was the final day of the Games , and the top three finishers were presented their medals as part of the Closing Ceremony . This is the first time in Olympic history that the 50 kilometre race is run as a mass start , where all skiers start at the same time , and the winner of the race is the first to cross the finish line . This is unlike the individual start , where skiers start one by one at 30-second intervals , and the winner is the skier whoever runs the distance the fastest . The 50 kilometre had previously been skied only once as a mass start event at the World Championships , in 2005 , with Frode Estil of Norway winning . However , that was in the classical style . The last 50 kilometre freestyle race at a World Championship was in 2003 , and Martin Koukal of the Czech Republic won that event . Mikhail Ivanov of Russia was defending Olympic champion on 50 kilometre , but that event was held in classical technique with individual start . The last Olympic mass start race in 2002 , won by Christian Hoffmann of Austria , was a shorter 30 kilometre event . With a pack of 10-15 skiers coming together towards the finish , Giorgio Di Centa won Italy 's second gold medal in cross-country skiing . This was the closest Olympic 50 km ever ( 0.8 seconds ) , eclipsing the 4.9 seconds that separated Thomas Wassberg from Gunde Svan ( both from Sweden ) at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . A photograph of Di Centa in action during this event would be used as the pictogram for the cross-country skiing events at the following Olympics .
The Women 's 15 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 12 February , at Pragelato . Julija Tchepalova was the reigning World Champion in the event , while Canadian Beckie Scott won the 10 km pursuit at the 2002 Olympics . However , neither were in the medals here ; Kristina Šmigun and Kateřina Neumannová were neck-and-neck coming into the stadium , but Šmigun was the quickest through the last straight and won by 1.9 seconds . Russia 's Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova took bronze . In 2014 , the Estonian Olympic Committee was notified by the IOC that one of Šmigun 's samples from the 2006 Turin Games had been retested with a positive result . On 24 October 2016 , the World Anti-Doping Agency Athletes ' Commission stated that Šmigun faces a Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing before the end of October . If Šmigun were to be stripped of her gold , Kateřina Neumannová of Czech Republic could be elevated to gold in the 15 km pursuit event .
Ivan Vladimirovich Alypov ( Russian : Иван Владимирович Алыпов ; born April 19 , 1982 ) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002 . He won the bronze medal in the Team Sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin . Alypov 's best finish at the Nordic skiing World Championships was 34th in the Sprint event in 2005 . He won a 30 km event in Italy in 2003 and is Russian national champion at 50 km in 2006 .
Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev ( Russian : Василий Васильевич Рочев ; born 23 October 1980 in Syktyvkar , Komi ASSR , Russian SFSR ) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000 . He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin . Rochev has four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold ( Individual sprint : 2005 ) , two silvers ( Team sprint and 4x10 km : both 2007 ) , and one bronze ( 4x10 km : 2005 ) . He has won fourteen events in cross-country skiing since 2002 . He is the son of Vasily Rochev who won two medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , New York ( gold : 4 x 10 km , silver : 30 km ) , and two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun ( silver : 4 x 10 km , bronze : 15 km ) . He is the second husband of fellow Russian cross-country skier Yuliya Chepalova , who gave birth to her second child Vaselina in April 2007 . Chepalova had another child in 2003 from a previous marriage .
The Men 's team sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , was held on 14 February , at Pragelato . This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics . Each race featured teams of two , with each skier completing 3 laps of a 1325-metre course . Norway , with Tore Ruud Hofstad and Tor Arne Hetland , had won the competition at the 2005 Nordic skiing World Championship , the only time it had been skied in the World Championship prior to the Turin games , but that was in free technique . The most recent team sprint event in classic technique had been in Canmore , Canada , on 18 December 2004 . Jens Arne Svartedal and Eldar Rønning won that race for Norway 's first team . However , despite this good Norwegian record , it was the Sweden 's Thobias Fredriksson and Björn Lind who pipped Norway to the title .
Yekaterina Konstantinovna Abramova ( Russian : Екатерина Константиновна Абрамова ; born 14 April 1982 ) is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women 's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics .
Varvara Borisovna Barysheva ( born 24 March 1977 ) is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the women 's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics .
Yekaterina Alexandrovna Lobysheva ( Russian : Екатерина Александровна Лобышева ; born 13 March 1985 ) is a retired Russian speed skater . She won bronze medals in the team pursuit at the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics .
Galina Vladimirovna Likhachova ( Russian : Галина Владимировна Лихачёва ; born July 15 , 1977 in Sverdlovsk ) is a Russian speed skater who won a bronze medal in the Women 's team pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics .
Svetlana Yuryevna Vysokova ( Russian : Светлана Юрьевна Высокова ; born 12 May 1972 ) is a Russian speed skater , who won a bronze medal in the Women 's Team Pursuit at the 2006 Winter Olympics .
The women 's team pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy , began on 15 February at Oval Lingotto . The team pursuit consisted of a qualifying round , then a series of elimination races , with the winners of the elimination races progressing to the next round of the 'knockout phase ' . Each race was skated by two teams of three skaters , over a distance of six 400-metre laps ( 2400 metres total ) . The three skaters of a team were allowed to change order at any time , but the team 's final time was always recorded when the third skater crossed the finishing line . If two teams started simultaneously on opposite sides of the track , and if one team managed to overtake the other before the full distance , the overtaking team was immediately declared the winner .
The Women 's 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 18 February , at Cesana San Sicario . Competitors in this biathlon raced over five loops of a 2.0 kilometre skiing course , shooting twenty times , ten prone and ten standing . Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop . The starting order for the pursuit was based on the results of the sprint ; the top 60 finishers in that race qualified for the pursuit . In addition , each racer 's final deficit behind sprint winner Florence Baverel-Robert corresponded to their starting deficit in the pursuit ; Anna Carin Olofsson , who finished 2 seconds behind Fischer in the sprint , started 2 seconds after her in the pursuit . The winner was the first racer over the finish line , Kati Wilhelm . Skiers who were lapped were not ranked in the official results . At the 2005 World Championships , Germany 's Uschi Disl successfully defended her four-second lead after the sprint event to win the pursuit , while Russian Olga Pyleva won the event at the 2002 Olympics . Kati Wilhelm led the pursuit World Cup standings before the Olympics , ahead of Sandrine Bailly of France and Disl . [ citation needed ]
Alyona Viktorovna Sidko ( Russian : Алёна Ви́кторовна Сидько́ ; born September 20 , 1979 , Krasnoyarsk ) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000 . Sidko won a bronze medal in the Individual Sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . She also won a bronze in the Team sprint ( with Yuliya Chepalova ) at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and had her best individual finish of 12th in the Individual sprint in 2003 . Sidko has nineteen wins at various levels in distances in up to 10 km since 2002 . She took the 2007-08 season off due to pregnancy but returned for the 2008-09 season . Sidko was banned from competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for breaking anti-doping rules . She had tested positive for EPO at a race in Krasnogorsk 26 December 2009 and was subsequently banned from competing in the sport for two years .
The Women 's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy was held on 22 February , at Pragelato . Emilie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion , but she won in the classical style , and the last free style sprint in the World Championships ( in 2003 ) was won by Marit Bjørgen . Yuliya Chepalova is defending Olympic champion . The most recent freestyle sprint event in the World Cup , however , was won by the Russian Alyona Sidko at 30 December 2005 .