ESPN posted a post on its Twitter account in which the Russian team is located just behind the United States and China, although it is inferior in gold medals to Japan and the UK.
The Russian national team won 71 medals in Tokyo: 20 gold, 28 silver and 23 bronze.
Thus, the Russians took the fifth place in the overall standings and became the third in the total number of medals.
Earlier it was reported that the flight with the Russian Olympians flew from Tokyo to Moscow.
Team USA is bringing home the most golds and most total medals 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/RIMiuxG3r2
- ESPN (@espn) August 8, 2021