г.   Olympic medalists received cars Today in the Olympic Committee of Russia the awarding ceremony took place. All medalists of the Olympic Winter Games in Torino got cars as a present. The ceremony was really bright and triumphant in spite of the rain that couldn’t spoil the ceremony for sportsmen and their coaches. Leonid Tyagochev presented documents and keys to all the champions and medalists. Men received cars Toyota Land Cruiser 100. Women – Lexus. All the car numbers start with O. Following numbers reflect which medal did a sportsman win. The gold medalists have number 001, silver medalists – 002 and bronze medalists – 003. One of the journalists asked Ivan whether he wanted to change the number of the car. Ivan answered: “You are kidding! That’s the number no one would ever change!” Photos from the award ceremony are available in our Gallery in the section...