RIO DE JANEIRO (Sputnik) — Wednesday saw 14 sets of medals being awarded in athletics, boxing, badminton, beach volleyball, taekwondo, table tennis, wrestling and equestrian. US athletes remained in the lead, with the total of 93 medals, 30 of them gold. The Russian team remained in the fourth place, with the total of 12 gold medals and 41 medals overall.
Silver in women's wrestling
Another Russia's wrestler Natalia Vorobieva took silver on Wednesday in women’s freestyle 69 kg wrestling. In the Olympic finals Vorobieva lost to Japan’s Sara Dosho with a score of 3 to 1.
Yuri Shahmuradov, the head coach of the Russian women's national team for freestyle wrestling, called this result a failure, having taken the blame.
"I think losing two finals is a failure. To work hard, reach the finals and to lose, I would say, unskillfully… What can I say, who should be blamed for it? Me?… I said that I take the blame," Shahmuradov told reporters.
Bronze in boxing
Russia's boxer Anastasia Belyakova won bronze medal in women's light 60 kg at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Russian boxer Mikhail Aloyan qualified for the semi-finals in men's fly 52 kg, having defeated Colombian Ceiber Avila with the score 3:0.
Russia's boxer Vladimir Nikitin, who defeated on Tuesday Irish boxer Michael Conlan in men's bantam 56 kg, will not fight in the semi-finals due to received injures and will get a bronze medal.
Russian volleyball team qualifies for semi finals
Russian men's volleyball team beat Canada in the quarter-final at the 2016 Rio Olympics. On August 19, the Russian team will play against Brazil in the semi-final.
"It is the third Olympics for me and you understand that it starts from the quarter-final. The Olympics started for our team today," Vladimir Alekno, the head coach of the men's national volleyball team, told reporters.
Klishina fails to jump to medal
"Of course, I cannot say I am satisfied with my result <…> I was ready to achieve a better result. I am trying to stay positive as it is my first Olympic experience and not everyone gets a chance to participate in the Olympics," Klishina told reporters.
On Tuesday, Klishina jumped at the distance of 6.64 meters and took the eighth place at the semi-finals qualification stage.
