FACTOID # 2: Russia won the first World Air Games, held in Turkey in 1997. Events included hang-gliding, sky-surfing, and ballooning.
 
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Asia > Russia > Sports

RUSSIAN SPORTS STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Air Games > Bronze medals 9 [1st of 24]
Air Games > Gold Medals 17 [1st of 16]
Air Games > Total medals 38 [1st of 27]
Chess > GrandMasters 156 [1st of 135]
Chess > International Masters 417 [1st of 135]
Chess > World Chess Rankings 2,718 [1st of 135]
EHF Champions League > By Country > Finalist 3 [6th of 16]
FIFA World Ranking > Men 657 [34th of 198]
ICCF national member federations > Other Valery Myakutin
Ice hockey > Number of registered players > Players 77,702 [4th of 18]
international rugby league teams > Test Nations > Nickname The Bears
Olympic medals > Gold > Sydney 2000 32 [2nd of 48]
Olympic medals > Total > Sydney 2000 88 [2nd of 75]
Summer olympic medals > All time 156 [19th of 116]
Winter olympic medals > All time 58 [14th of 36]
World Cup Totals > Draws 6 [19th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Goals for 64 [11th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Matches played 37 [12th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Points 41 [10th of 72]
World Cup Totals > Wins 17 [8th of 72]

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SOURCES: Air Sports International; World Chess Federation, 2006; Wikipedia: EHF Champions League ; Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA); Wikipedia: ICCF national member federations ; Wikipedia: Ice hockey ; Wikipedia: List of international rugby league teams ; International Olympic Committee; The Golden Book of the Olympic Games ; ESPN, FIFA Official Website, NationMaster

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Russia, Russian Federation, Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, Rossiya

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