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Awarding state decorations to winners of the XXXII Olympic Games in Tokyo

Gold medallists of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo were awarded state decorations at a ceremony in Kremlin's St Catherine Hall.

September 11, 2021
13:10
The Kremlin, Moscow
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
At the ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
At the ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Honorary president of the Russian Olympic Committee and honorary member of the International Olympic Committee Vitaly Smirnov is presented with the Highest Order of Merit for the Fatherland.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Champion of the XXXII Olympics in the synchronised swimming team event Alexandra Patskevich is presented with the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
At the ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Champion of the XXXII Olympics in the synchronised swimming team and duet events Svetlana Romashina is presented with the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Champion of the XXXII Olympics in the artistic gymanstics team event and silver medalist in vaulting Denis Ablyazin is presented with the Order of Honour.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Champion of the XXXII Olympics in the women’s fencing team and individual events Inna Deriglazova is presented with the Order of Honour.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Champion of the XXXII Olympics in freestyle wrestling in the under 97 kg weight category Abdularashid Sadulaev is presented with the Order of Honour.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Champion of the XXXII Olympics in the synchronised swimming team event Vlada Chigireva is presented with the Order of Honour.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Champion of the XXXII Olympics in the synchronised swimming team event Maria Shurochkina is presented with the Order of Honour.
The ceremony for presenting state awards to the winners of the XXXII Olympics in Tokyo. Silver medalist of the XXXII Olympics in the rhythmic gymastics individual event Dina Averina is presented with the Order of Friendship.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in artistic gymnastics team event Lilia Akhaimova.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in featherweight boxing (up to 57 kg) event Albert Batyrgaziyev.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to two-time champion of the 2020 Olympics in air pistol and standard pistol event and silver medallist in mixed pair air pistol event Vitalina Batsarashkina.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in men’s gymnastics team event David Belyavsky.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in team sabre event and silver medallist in individual event Sofya Velikaya.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in synchronised swimming team event Marina Golyadkina.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in Greco-Roman wrestling (under 97 kg) Musa Yevloyev.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in artistic gymnastics team event Artur Dalaloyan.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in women’s team foil event Adelina Zagidullina.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in synchronised swimming team event Polina Komar.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in women’s team foil event and bronze medallist in individual event Larisa Korobeinikova.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in taekwondo (+ 80 kg) Vladislav Larin.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in women’s team foil event Marta Martyanova.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in artistic gymnastics team event, bronze medallist in the all-round and floor exercises Angelina Melnikova.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in artistic gymnastics team event, bronze medallist in the all-around and in horizontal bar exercise Nikita Nagorny.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in women’s team sabre fencing event Olga Nikitina.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to two-time champion of the 2020 Olympics in sabre fencing both in individual and team events Sofia Pozdnyakova.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to two-time champion of the 2020 Olympics in 100m and 200m backstroke and silver medallist in the men’s 4 x 200m freestyle relay event Yevgeny Rylov.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in freestyle wrestling (under 74 kg) Zaurbek Sidakov.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in freestyle wrestling (under 57 kg) Zavur Uguev.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in artistic gymnastics team event Vladislava Urazova.
Ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The Order of Friendship is awarded to 2020 Olympics champion in taekwondo (under 80 kg) Maxim Khramtsov.
After the ceremony for presenting state decorations to winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
With the winners of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Earlier that day, Presidential Aide Igor Levitin Levitin Igor Levitin IgorAide to the President presented state decorations to the silver and bronze medallists of the Tokyo Olympics.

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Greetings, friends,

I am sincerely happy to congratulate you and all your teammates, coaches and mentors.

Russian athletes performed fittingly at the Tokyo Olympics. I understand how hard it was – everyone, the whole country understands how hard it was, at times beyond limits. It is an overwhelming physical and emotional stress, both during the preparations and at the Olympic competitions, compounded by the tough requirements and forced though necessary epidemic-related restrictions, which added to the challenges.

I cannot but recall the well-known politicised decisions that were imposed on our country and our team and which, regrettably, do not have much to do with sport. However, you endured everything, friends, you went through all these ordeals fighting for Russia’s sports honour. As I said, you fought with dignity and gave your fans and all of us the joy of witnessing your victories, and the unmatched unifying pride for our Fatherland.

Those present in this hall today made the ultimate contribution to this success. Gold champions in every sense, you are Russia’s biggest heroes and pride, with no exaggeration. The Olympics in Tokyo convincingly reaffirmed our unconditional global leadership and at the same time the continuity of the best national traditions of raising champions founded on the ideals and values of the Olympic movement and the commitment to mutual understanding and cooperation in the interests of the whole Olympic family.

One of its most experienced and wise representatives, Vitaly Smirnov, is here with us today. An outstanding sports manager and untiring enthusiast, this year he is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his work at the International Olympic Committee. Decades of fruitful innovative efforts earned him tremendous respect both in our country and abroad – no exaggeration here – and he is doing a great deal for Russian sport as he firmly upholds its interests.

Mr Smirnov has become the full cavalier of the Order For Services to the Fatherland. Congratulations. I ask all those present here to honour you.

Friends,

The achievements of the Russian team at the Olympics, your contribution to the progress of Russian sport and your example for young people – you are actually all young people, too, yet you are setting an example for your peers and younger generation – is vitally important for the country’s development and obviously deserves appreciation from the state, the country’s high awards.

The performances by our outstanding synchronised swimmers, traditionally striking with their ultimate precision, prowess and creativity, are among the most significant results of the Games. Russia is an absolute leader in this sport as well as in wrestling, where our athletes invariably collect plenty of gold medals for our national team.

Russian fencers brought joy to their fans again – they had both team and personal victories in Tokyo.

There were also long-awaited and exciting victories in rifle and pistol shooting, swimming, Taekwondo, tennis, and boxing, and I should say these victories were just brilliant.

I should also note the gold in track and field, where our national team has been going through difficult times these past few years. We believe it will be over soon and the Russian athletes will become leaders again and, as I have already said, they will be back triumphantly just as both men’s and women’s national artistic gymnastics teams were.

As to Russia’s leadership in rhythmic gymnastics, for us it has remained. We are absolutely sure that we had it, have it and will have it – I hope and I am sure – in the future.

At the Tokyo Olympics we saw what a large potential the Russian national team has. I would like to wish you every success. I am confident that such dedication and commitment to the result will remain and will be realised in future.

I congratulate you again on your outstanding victories and well-deserved awards. I wish you success, good health, wellbeing and all the very best.

Thank you very much.

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Vladimir Putin: Friends,

Looking out into the hall, I see such mighty, nice-looking, graceful, young and successful people. Your looks would be enough, but you are also smart and advanced in all respects.

I was very pleased to listen to what you said about your country and homeland and how you even associated your awards with our distinguished figure Alexander Nevsky. All of this speaks to the fact that you are well-adjusted, quite serious, mature and forward-thinking people, in the broad sense of the word.

When I was speaking in the beginning I chose a very serious tone: I said you are the pride of Russia. I want to confirm this once again: you are exactly that.

I sincerely hope that your new lofty status and your successes will be solidified later in life. I am sure that this will indeed be the case. And no matter how your life turns out, either with or without sport, an Olympic medal is a “golden asset” that few people can attain.

Of course, all of us are trying to make our contribution: the state, to the best of its ability, coaches, doctors, massage therapists and so on, but it is those who race ahead that achieve success, and you are in the lead.

Thank you very much. I wish you success!

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Publication date: September 11, 2021, 13:10

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