As Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev stated, the Russian national team entered the top three in the overall ranking at the Summer Youth Olympic Games in Dakar, second only to China and Japan. Russia has 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 1 bronze medal. The tournament continues.
The Youth Olympic Games are the biggest tournament of the year sponsored by the International Olympic Committee. More than 2,500 athletes from 205 countries compete for the prizes. This is the first major multi-sport competition after the reinstatement of the Russian Olympic Committee.
Athletes from Russia compete equally with everyone else - under the national flag, and the national anthem is played in honor of victories.