Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarded...
Alexander Tretyakov, who won bronze in skeleton, and biathletes Maxim Chudov and Anton Shipulin, who grabbed the Olympic bronze in the men"s 4x7.5km biathlon relay together with Ivan Cherezov and Evgeny Ustyugov.Medvedev signed the decree awarding state decorations to Russian athletes shortly after the end of the Olympics, in an effort to break away from tradition which saw the 2008 Beijing Olympics team receive their well-deserved awards only after almost a year delay.
"I think that this is a reasonable decision that ... all the decorations be awarded ten days after the end of the Olympic Games. This is proper because the memories are still fresh in our minds," Medvedev said.
"You went out and you did your best," he added, addressing the athletes.
The Russian government will pay the medalists a ruble equivalent of 100,000 euros for every gold medal, 60,000 euros for every silver medal, and 40,000 euros for every bronze medal. Each medalist will
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