China News Agency, Moscow, April 26 (Zhang Yuchen and Tian Bing) Russian President Vladimir Putin presented a national medal to the gold medalist of the Russian Olympic Committee delegation at the Beijing Winter Olympics at the Kremlin on the 26th.

　　According to the Kremlin's official website, Putin congratulated the award-winning athletes for their outstanding performance at the 24th Winter Olympics and for receiving the national medal.

He said that Russian Olympic athletes have achieved outstanding results with their talent, strength, love for sports and its values ​​and ideals, and are well-deserved champions.

　　Putin said that the three consecutive Winter Olympics have proved that Russia has an absolute leading position in the women's single figure skating competition.

Among them, Anna Shcherbakova is still regarded as a distant opponent.

In figure skating, Russia also has a "gold medal" team: Alexander Galyamov and Anastasia Mishina, Victoria Sinitzina and Nikita Katcharapov , Kamila Valieva and Mark Kondrachuk won the recognition of the judges and the audience with their complex and superb technical and tense performances.

　　He also said that Kamila Valieva has integrated all the most complex elements in figure skating, such as plasticity, beauty, strength and tenderness, into her talents, and has brought the sport to the height of true art with her own strength.

"Such a perfect state cannot be achieved by some additional means and operations."

　　Putin praised the achievements of Russian skiers, especially the victory in the cross-country skiing relay.

He said it was the first time in half a century that Russia had won both the women's and men's cross-country skiing relay races.

He also said that Alexander Bolishunov won 3 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze in the Beijing Winter Olympics, and is a well-deserved "King of Skiing".

　　Putin later stressed in a meeting with Olympic and Paralympic athletes that banning Russian and Belarusian Paralympic athletes from the Beijing Winter Paralympics was a violation of the spirit of sports and the rights of athletes.

Russia opposes the politicization of sports and "double standards" and is willing to engage in extensive and constructive interactions with all parties that value sports and support the principles of sports.

Russia will make every effort to protect the rights of athletes, and will hold a series of events and invite all parties to participate.

　　Earlier in the day, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshenko and Presidential Assistant Levitin presented national awards to Russian athletes who won silver and bronze medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

　　The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will be held from February 4 to February 20.

The Russian Olympic Committee delegation won 6 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 14 bronze medals, for a total of 32 medals.

　　On March 3, the Council of the International Paralympic Committee held a meeting and decided to ban Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in the Beijing Winter Paralympics.

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