The Russian army and National Guard athletes won 86% of Russian medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in which the Russian team competed in a "neutral" status.
"The Russian Olympic Committee is sponsored by the Russian Ministry of Defense, and almost half of the Russian medals at the last Olympics in Tokyo were won by privates, sergeants, ensigns and officers from the Russian army, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian National Guard.
However, the final data for the Tokyo Olympics showed that the contribution of Russian athletes in uniform was even more significant. Bombardir.ru, a Russian sports website, Thus, military athletes received 86% of the medals — 61 out of 71 — that Russia won at the 2020 Summer Olympics., a Moscow-based news site, 78 of the 212 Russian athletes who participated in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing — more than a third — had contracts with the Russian army and the National Guard .“Athletes won awards and glorified their departments, for which they received new titles. Moreover, their service consists not only of competition.