Russia
Shirt badge/Association crest
The coat of arms of Russia is the badge used on the players jerseys.
Nickname(s)Красная Машина
(The Red Machine)
AssociationRussian Hockey Federation
General managerRoman Rotenberg
Head coachAlexei Zhamnov
AssistantsSergei Fedorov
Alexei Kudashov
Sergei Gonchar
CaptainAnton Slepyshev
Most gamesIlya Kovalchuk (271)
Top scorerIlya Kovalchuk (107)
Most pointsIlya Kovalchuk (245)
Home stadiumLegends Park
Team colors     
IIHF codeRUS
Ranking
Current IIHF3 Steady (28 May 2023)[1]
Highest IIHF1 (first in 2009)
Lowest IIHF7 (2004)
First international
Russia  2–2  Sweden
(Saint Petersburg, Russia; 12 April 1992)
Biggest win
Russia  10–0  Italy
(Bratislava, Slovakia; 15 May 2019)
Biggest defeat
Finland  7–1  Russia
(Helsinki, Finland; 22 April 1997)
Russia  1–7  Czech Republic
(Moscow, Russia; 20 December 1997)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances29 (first in 1992)
Best result Gold: (1993, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014)
World Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1996)
Best result 3rd: (1996)
Olympics
Appearances9 (first in 1994)
Medals Gold: (2018 as OAR)[2][lower-alpha 1]
Silver: (1998, 2022 as ROC)
Bronze: (2002)
International record (W–L–T)
502–271–43
Medal record
Representing  Olympic Athletes from Russia and  ROC
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2018 PyeongchangTeam
Silver medal – second place2022 BeijingTeam
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1998 NaganoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2002 Salt Lake CityTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place1993 Germany
Gold medal – first place2008 Canada
Gold medal – first place2009 Switzerland
Gold medal – first place2012 Finland/Sweden
Gold medal – first place2014 Belarus
Silver medal – second place2002 Sweden
Silver medal – second place2010 Germany
Silver medal – second place2015 Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place2005 Austria
Bronze medal – third place2007 Russia
Bronze medal – third place2016 Russia
Bronze medal – third place2017 Germany/France
Bronze medal – third place2019 Slovakia
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place1996 Montreal

The Russian men's national ice hockey team (Russian: Сборная России по хоккею с шайбой) is the national men's ice hockey team of Russia, overseen by the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia. As of 2021, they were rated third in the IIHF World Ranking.[3] The team has competed internationally from 1992 until a 2022 ban, and is recognized by the IIHF as the successor to the Soviet Union team and CIS team. Russia has been one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six," the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, and the United States.[4] The European nations of the Big Six participate in the Euro Hockey Tour, which Russia won nine times since 2005.[5] Since September 2021, the head coach is Alexei Zhamnov, who took over from Valeri Bragin.[6]

Since the establishment of the team, Russia has participated in 29 IIHF World Championships tournaments and nine Olympic ice hockey tournaments, winning five world championships and one Olympic gold medal.[lower-alpha 1]

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation suspended Russia from all levels of competition on February 28, 2022.[10] In April 2022, the Federation banned Russia from participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[11]

History

Origins

The Allrussian Hockey League was founded by some clubs in the Russian Empire and entered the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1911.[12] However, probably due to misunderstandings ("hockey" was identified with bandy or Russian hockey in Russia, not with the modern ice hockey rules developed in Canada) the Russian team left the organization. There were no matches involving a team from Imperial Russia.[13]

Interest in this sport grew in the Soviet Union in the 2nd half of the 1940s. The first reactions were skeptical; one sports journal, Physical Culture and Sports, characterized it as such: "The game is quite individual and primitive, with few combinations, not as in bandy. Therefore, Canadian hockey should not be cultivated into our country..."[13] However, Canadian hockey became more and more popular in the Soviet Union.

The first Soviet Championships League was introduced in 1946. The national team was formed shortly after, playing their first matches in a series of exhibitions against LTC Praha in 1948.[14][15] In 1952, the Hockey Federation of the USSR joined the International Ice Hockey League, and so received the permission to play in the World Championships and the Olympics. That year is seen as the birth of the Soviet national ice hockey team, the predecessor team of the Russia men's national ice hockey team.[16] The Soviets won the 1954 Ice Hockey World Championships, and two years later they won gold at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[12]

From then until the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, the "Red Machine" (Russian: Красная Машина; Krasnaya Mashina) was one of the most dominant teams in international play, winning nearly every World Championship and Olympic tournament,[17][12] as well as defeating many teams with professional players, such as in the 1974 Summit Series, the Super Series, and the 1981 Canada Cup. Until 1977, professional players were not able to participate in the World Championship, and it was not until 1988 that they could play in the Winter Olympics. The Soviet team was populated with amateur players who were hired by Soviet enterprises (aircraft industry, food workers, tractor industry) or organizations (KGB, Red Army, Soviet Air Force) that sponsored what would be presented as an after-hours social sports society hockey team for their workers but were set-up for the athletes to train full-time.[18][19] This type of amateur player was contested by Canada and the United States whose best players were participating in professional leagues.[20]

After the USSR's dissolution

The Soviet Union dissolved shortly before the 1992 Winter Olympics, so a Unified Team largely consisting of the former Soviet republics competed instead. The CIS national ice hockey team, composed almost entirely of Russians, with Lithuanian-born Darius Kasparaitis and Ukrainian-born Alexei Zhitnik the only non-Russians, competed as part of this Olympic delegation. The team finished second in its preliminary group, beating co-favorites Canada, 5–4, but losing to Czechoslovakia, 3–4. The CIS team then defeated the Finns and Americans, 6–1 and 5–2, respectively. In the final, they played Canada again, winning 3–1 and claimed the gold medal. The team was coached by the Russian and former Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov. In later years, the IIHF recognized this gold medal as being won by the Russian national team, rather than by the CIS.[7][8] However, the International Olympic Committee has not recognized Russia as the Olympic champions for this Winter Games.

Russia joined the IIHF as an independent state on 6 May 1992, along with 10 other states, including seven other former Soviet republics. Unlike the others, which applied as new member states and had to begin playing at the bottom tiers of the World Championship, Russia was allowed to replace the Soviet Union in its position and was thus entered into the elite division for the 1992 World Championship.[21] Russia's first actual games after the Soviet dissolution were a series of five friendly games between Sweden, Germany and Switzerland, all taking place in April 1992, the debut game occurring on 12 April 1992 against Sweden and ending in a 2–2 draw.[22] At the 1992 World Championship Russia finished first in its preliminary group but lost to Sweden in the quarterfinals, 2–0. They, however, won the next edition of the tournament, beating Germany, Canada, and Sweden in the playoffs and clinching their first title as Russia and 23rd, including the USSR's totals.[23]

The post-Soviet drought

As the USSR fell apart, so did Russia's elite hockey program. At the 1994 Winter Olympics they finished fourth overall, losing the bronze medal match to Finland. Russia also competed at the 1996 World Cup, the successor tournament to the Canada Cup, where the team lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winner, the United States. At the 1998 Winter Olympics, Russia won five consecutive games and reached the gold medal match, where they lost to the Czech Republic, 0–1.[24]

During the drought in 1994, Russian journalist Vsevolod Kukushkin reported that "The people are upset. Russia is a nation of critics." He said the Russian team was struggling with finances to support training, no funding was received from the national level, and professional teams in Russia were struggling to stay afloat. He also reported that the Russian people were upset at losing the nation's best players to the National Hockey League, and not playing on the Russian national team.[25]

The Russian resurgence

Vladimir Putin and Russian team captain Alexander Ovechkin

The Bykov period

After failing to win the gold medal between 1993 and 2007, the Russians restructured the national league as the KHL[26] and hired the 1993 World Champion, Vyacheslav Bykov, as the head coach.[27] Another 1993 champion, Sergey Fedorov, was named the team captain.[28] Afterwards, Russia won the 2008[29] and 2009 World Ice Hockey Championships with perfect records, beating Canada in the finals two times in a row.[30] The Russians would make another run in 2010, losing to the Czech Republic in the gold medal game. However, the disastrous 2010 Olympics and 2011 World Championships led to Bykov's removal.[31]

Bilyaletdinov at the helm

Bykov was replaced with Bilyaletdinov, under whose leadership Russia won the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships with yet another perfect record, beating Slovakia, 6–2, in the gold medal game.[32] However, as a result of the 2013 Championship and 2014 Olympic performances, Bilyaletdinov was replaced with Oleg Znarok.[33]

The Znarok years

Znarok then led the Russians to the gold medal in the 2014 World Ice Hockey Championship after defeating Finland 5–2 in the final, with a perfect record.[34] The 2014 tournament result set the most perfect records in the IIHF World Championships.[35] For this accomplishment, the Russian team was honored in the Kremlin.[36]

Russia earned a medal in each subsequent tournament, including the silver medal in 2015 and the bronze medals in 2016 and 2017. The team also reached the semi-finals of the World Cup, losing to Canada, the eventual winner.

Russian players met with President Vladimir Putin on 31 January 2018, prior to their departure to South Korea

In 2018, the Russian Olympic Committee was disqualified by the International Olympic Committee for doping, but the Russian players were cleared to participate by the IOC under the Olympic flag as the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) using professional Russian hockey players with no previous drug violations and a consistent history of drug testing.[37] Like the rest of the Olympic hockey teams in 2018, the Russian team could not use NHL players due to the league's prohibiting player participation in the Olympics. As a result, the team relied on players from the KHL (15 from a reigning champion, SKA Saint Petersburg, 8 from CSKA Moscow and 2 from Metallurg Magnitogorsk).[38]

After a loss in their first game to Slovakia, the OAR team defeated Slovenia and the United States, qualifying for the quarterfinals. The team then defeated Norway and the Czech Republic to reach the finals. The team won the gold medal after a 4–3 overtime victory over the German team in the final.[2] Kovalchuk and Pavel Datsyuk each won their first gold in their fifth Olympic appearance and together with Slava Voynov, were the only players with prior Olympic experience on the team.[39] In its post-Olympics World Ranking, the IIHF considered the OAR team as the Russian team in its rankings.[3] The IIHF considers this victory to be Russia's second gold medal in the Olympics, as they also attributed the 1992 Unified Team gold medal to Russia,[8] however, the IOC does not attribute either of these results to Russia.[40]

After the Olympics, Znarok became a consultant for the Russian National Team. He retired as Russia's most decorated modern head coach, with a World Championship, an Olympic gold medal, and a Euro Hockey Tour victory.[41]

Vorobiev as head coach

Ilya Vorobiev was hired as the interim head coach of the Russian national hockey team in April 2018 for the 2018 IIHF World Championship and the second half of 2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour. In the remainder of Euro Hockey Tour, Vorobiev led the Russian team to a 1–5 record, following the 5–1 record of the Znarok-led team in the first half of 2017–18 Euro Hockey Tour, for the team to finish 6–6 on the season.[42] At the 2018 World Championship, Russia finished second in its group and lost to Canada 4–5 in the quarterfinal, finishing sixth overall.

Next season, Russia went 8–4 in the 2018–19 Euro Hockey Tour, winning the competition and went all the way to the semi-final at the 2019 World Championship, where it lost to Finland before beating the Czech Republic for the bronze.[43] Following the World Championship, Vorobiev was dismissed and replaced with Alexei Kudashov.[44][45]

Kudashov's realm

Kudashov went 3–6 at the 2019–20 Euro Hockey Tour before the 2020 IIHF World Championship was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kudashov was sacked in June 2020 and replaced with Valeri Bragin, a decorated coach of the Russia men's U20 team.[46][47]

Bragin's team

Bragin proceeded to win the 2020–21 Euro Hockey Tour with a 10–2 record. At the 2021 IIHF World Championship, Russia went 6–1 in the group stage but then lost in the quarter-finals to Canada, which finished with a 3–4 record in the group stage but went on to win the tournament.[48][49][50] Bragin was replaced by Alexei Zhamnov in September 2021.[51]

Zhamnov's team

With Zhamnov the Russian national team participated at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing (under the Russian Olympic Committee flag and the moniker ROC), where they reached the second Olympic final in a row, losing to Finland 1–2 and winning silver medals.

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation suspended Russia from all levels of competition.[10] In April 2022, the Federation banned Russia from participating in the 2023 IIHF World Championship.[11]

Despite the ban, the team participated in the 2023 Channel One Cup, alongside Kazakhstan and Belarus.[52]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

The bronze medal-winning Russian team at the 2002 Winter Olympics
GamesGPWLTGFGACoachCaptainRosterFinish
1956 – 1988As  Soviet Union
France 1992 AlbertvilleAs Unified Team
Norway 1994 Lillehammer84402624Viktor TikhonovAlexander Smirnovroster4th place
Japan 1998 Nagano65102612Vladimir YurzinovPavel Bureroster Silver
United States 2002 Salt Lake City63211914Viacheslav FetisovIgor Larionovroster Bronze
Italy 2006 Turin85302518Vladimir KrikunovAlexei Kovalevroster4th place
Canada 2010 Vancouver42201613Vyacheslav BykovAlexei Morozovroster6th place
Russia 2014 Sochi5320138Zinetula BilyaletdinovPavel Datsyukroster5th place
South Korea 2018 PyeongchangAs  Olympic Athletes from Russia[2]
6510279Oleg ZnarokPavel Datsyukroster Gold
China 2022 BeijingAs  ROC
64201410Alexei ZhamnovVadim Shipachyovroster Silver

World Championship

Alexander Semin's first goal in the 2008 IIHF World Championship final
Championship GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish
1954 – 1991As  Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia 1992 Prague, Bratislava 6 4 – 1 – 1 23 12 Viktor Tikhonov Vitali Prokhorov 5th place
Germany 1993 Munich, Dortmund 8 5 – 1 – 2 30 18 Boris Mikhailov Vyacheslav Bykov  Gold
Italy 1994 Bolzano, Canazei and Milan 6 4 – 1 – 1 31 10 Boris Mikhailov Ilya Byakin 5th place
Sweden 1995 Stockholm, Gävle 6 5 – 0 – 1 26 12 Boris Mikhailov Vyacheslav Bykov 5th place
Austria 1996 Vienna 8 6 – 0 1 1 33 17 Vladimir Vasilyev Alexei Yashin 4th place
Finland 1997 Helsinki, Tampere, Turku 11 5 – 3 – 3 35 33 Igor Dmitriev Sergei Bautin 4th place
Switzerland 1998 Basel, Zürich 6 4 – 1 – 1 29 18 Vladimir Yurzinov Vitali Prokhorov 5th place
Norway 1999 Oslo, Hamar, Lillehammer 6 3 – 1 – 2 18 13 Alexander Yakushev Alexei Yashin 5th place
Russia 2000 St. Petersburg 5 1 – 0 – 4 8 12 Alexander Yakushev Pavel Bure 11th place
Germany 2001 Nuremberg, Cologne, Hanover 6 3 – 0 1 2 19 15 Boris Mikhailov Alexei Yashin 6th place
Sweden 2002 Gothenburg, Karlstad, Jönköping 8 2 1 1 – 4 22 22 Boris Mikhailov Andrei Kovalenko  Silver
Finland 2003 Helsinki, Tampere, Turku 6 2 – 0 – 4 16 17 Vladimir Plyuschev Sergei Gusev 7th place
Czech Republic 2004 Prague, Ostrava 5 1 – 0 – 4 10 14 Viktor Tikhonov Oleg Tverdovsky 10th place
Austria 2005 Vienna, Innsbruck 8 4 1 2 – 1 26 18 Vladimir Krikunov Alexei Kovalev  Bronze
Latvia 2006 Riga 6 4 – 1 1 0 25 15 Vladimir Krikunov Maxim Sushinsky 5th place
Russia 2007 Moscow 8 7 0 – 1 0 35 13 Vyacheslav Bykov Petr Schastlivy  Bronze
Canada 2008 Quebec City, Halifax 8 5 3 – 0 0 36 17 Vyacheslav Bykov Alexei Morozov  Gold
Switzerland 2009 Bern, Kloten 8 7 1 – 0 0 36 17 Vyacheslav Bykov Alexei Morozov  Gold
Germany 2010 Cologne, Mannheim, Gelsenkirchen 8 7 0 – 0 1 28 10 Vyacheslav Bykov Ilya Kovalchuk  Silver
Slovakia 2011 Bratislava, Košice 8 3 0 – 1 4 18 25 Vyacheslav Bykov Alexei Morozov 4th place
Finland Sweden 2012 Helsinki, Stockholm 10 10 0 – 0 0 44 14 Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Ilya Nikulin  Gold
Sweden Finland 2013 Stockholm, Helsinki 8 5 0 – 0 3 32 22 Zinetula Bilyaletdinov Ilya Nikulin 6th place
Belarus 2014 Minsk 10 10 0 – 0 0 42 10 Oleg Znarok Alexander Ovechkin  Gold
Czech Republic 2015 Prague, Ostrava 10 6 1 – 1 2 40 25 Oleg Znarok Ilya Kovalchuk  Silver
Russia 2016 Moscow, St. Petersburg 10 8 0 – 0 2 44 16 Oleg Znarok Pavel Datsyuk  Bronze
France Germany 2017 Paris, Cologne 10 7 1 – 0 2 45 17 Oleg Znarok Sergei Mozyakin  Bronze
Denmark 2018 Copenhagen, Herning 8 5 0 – 2 1 36 15 Ilya Vorobiev Pavel Datsyuk 6th place
Slovakia 2019 Bratislava, Košice 10 8 1 – 0 1 43 13 Ilya Vorobiev Ilya Kovalchuk  Bronze
Switzerland 2020 Zürich, Lausanne Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[53]
Latvia 2021 RigaAs  ROC
8 5 1 – 1 1 29 12 Valeri Bragin Anton Slepyshev 5th place
Finland 2022 Helsinki, TampereExpelled due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[54]
Finland Latvia 2023 Tampere, RigaExpelled due to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[55]

World Cup

YearGPWLTGFGACoachCaptainFinish
1996 World Cup of Hockey52301919Boris MikhailovViacheslav Fetisov Bronze (tie)
2004 World Cup of Hockey42201211Zinetula BilyaletdinovAlexei Kovalev5th place
2016 World Cup of Hockey42201110Oleg ZnarokAlexander Ovechkin4th place
President Dmitry Medvedev meets with the national hockey team following the 2008 World Championship

Euro Hockey Tour

The Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) started in 1996 and is held every season between the quartet of European nations of the Big Six nations of ice hockey. The usual format is to have the teams play against each other four times, once in Finland, once in Russia, once in Sweden, and once in the Czech Republic. There are occasional deviations from the format if additional nations, such as Canada, are invited to compete. Russia has won the EHT nine times as of 2022.

Euro Hockey Tour medal table

Country Gold Silver Bronze Medals
 Finland98825
 Russia96520
 Sweden67518
 Czech Republic36918

Tournament summary

  • Czech Hockey Games:
    • 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal (2002, 2006, 2007, 2009 (April))
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal (2001, 2005, 2009 (September), 2011, 2013 (April), 2013 (August))
    • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal (1997, 2003, 2012, 2017, 2019)

Russia's Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) Cup medal table

As of February 2022

Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Medals
Karjala Tournament861024
Channel One Cup138425
Sweden Hockey Games54716
Czech Hockey Games46515
Total30232679

Other tournaments

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.[57]

Head coach: Valeri Bragin[58]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
2DArtyom Zub1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)90 kg (200 lb)3 October 1995Canada Ottawa Senators
4DVladislav Gavrikov – A1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)97 kg (214 lb)21 November 1995United States Columbus Blue Jackets
7DDmitry Orlov1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)92 kg (203 lb)23 July 1991United States Washington Capitals
8FIvan Morozov1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)89 kg (196 lb)5 May 2000Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
9DIvan Provorov1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)91 kg (201 lb)13 January 1997United States Philadelphia Flyers
10FSergey Tolchinsky1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)72 kg (159 lb)3 February 1995Russia Avangard Omsk
11FDmitri Voronkov1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)86 kg (190 lb)10 September 2000Russia Ak Bars Kazan
15FPavel Karnaukhov1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb)15 March 1997Russia CSKA Moscow
16DNikita Zadorov1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)104 kg (229 lb)16 April 1995United States Chicago Blackhawks
21FKonstantin Okulov1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)82 kg (181 lb)18 February 1995Russia CSKA Moscow
25FMikhail Grigorenko1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)95 kg (209 lb)16 May 1994United States Columbus Blue Jackets
27DIgor Ozhiganov1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)94 kg (207 lb)13 October 1992Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
31GAlexander Samonov1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)76 kg (168 lb)23 August 1995Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
32GSergei Bobrovsky1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)86 kg (190 lb)20 September 1988United States Florida Panthers
37FEvgeny Timkin1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)99 kg (218 lb)3 September 1990Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
57FArtyom Shvets-Rogovoy1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)84 kg (185 lb)3 March 1995Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
58FAnton Slepyshev – C1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)98 kg (216 lb)13 May 1994Russia CSKA Moscow
60GKIvan Bocharov1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)76 kg (168 lb)18 May 1995Russia Dynamo Moscow
71FAnton Burdasov – A1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)97 kg (214 lb)9 May 1991Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
72FEmil Galimov1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)84 kg (185 lb)9 May 1992Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
78FMaxim Shalunov1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)90 kg (200 lb)31 January 1993Russia CSKA Moscow
81FVladislav Kamenev1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)12 August 1996Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
87DRushan Rafikov1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)91 kg (201 lb)15 May 1995Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
89DNikita Nesterov1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)83 kg (183 lb)28 March 1993Canada Calgary Flames
91FVladimir Tarasenko1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)95 kg (209 lb)13 December 1991United States St. Louis Blues
94FAlexander Barabanov1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)89 kg (196 lb)17 June 1994United States San Jose Sharks
96FAndrei Kuzmenko1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)88 kg (194 lb)4 February 1996Russia SKA Saint Petersburg
98DGrigori Dronov1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)91 kg (201 lb)10 January 1998Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk

Coaching history

Olympics
World Championships
World Cup

Uniform evolution

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Some controversy exists over how many Olympic gold medals should be attributed to the Russian national team. The IIHF and Ice Hockey Federation of Russia consider Russia to have won gold at the Olympics twice, attributing the 1992 gold medal victory to the Russian national team as the immediate successor of the CIS team, as well as the 2018 gold medal by the Olympic Athletes from Russia.[7][8] However, the International Olympic Committee does not recognize Russia as ever having won the gold medal in an Olympic tournament, as the 1992 and 2018 tournaments were won by athletes from the Unified Team and Olympic Athletes from Russia delegations, respectively, and not by a Russian delegation.[9]

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