Sochi-natives in Beijing Olympics

Elena Vesnina (Елена Веснина)

Tennis [beijing2008, wiki]
Event: Women’s Doubles


Victoria Gurova (Виктория Гурова)

Athletics [beijing]
Event: Women’s Triple Jump


Vladimir Karpets (Владимир Карпец)

Cycling Road [beijing, wiki]
Events: Men’s Individual Time Trial, Men’s Road Race

* sochi2014.com reports he’s Sochi native, but everywhere else I look – he’s from St.-Petersburg. Important thing he’s from Russia 🙂


Tatiana Bazyuk (Татьяна Базюк)

Sailing [beijing]
Event: RS:X Women


Best of luck to you guys!!

Meanwhile, Russia got it’s first medal — silver in shooting by Lioubov Galkina! Yay!!

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