RIO 2016-Team Russia Grabs 4 Gold Medal in a Row

Team Russia grabbed its first historically speaking Olympic gold in the women's' handball, while in front of the rest of the competition completes in men's free-style wrestling, women's' individual artistic gymnastics, and the men's individual present day pentathlon added to Russia's gold medal count on Saturday.

In handball, team Russia won 22-19 amid the duel with France on Saturday. It is the first ever gold medal won by the women's handball team at the Olympic Games. Amid the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, it took silver.

This gold medal is the fourteenth team Russia has won amid the Brazil Games. It has likewise taken an aggregate of 16 silver and 19 bronze medals.

Taking after the triumph, Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko praised the group, saying that it has opened another time for Russian handball.

"Extraordinary job, it was an insane game. The Russian win at the Olympics – this is era and in our handball," Mutko said.

The head manager of the Russian Women's handball group, Evgeniy Trefilov, lauded his competitors, saying that their accomplishment was "incredible."

"We have not yet completely comprehended and acknowledged, but rather it's unimaginable. I think this triumph will give an incredible help to the advancement of handball and games in general," Trefilov said.

Gymnastics
Russian gymnast Margarita Mamun has won a gold medal in the women’s artistic individual all-around at the Rio 2016 Olympics, bringing Russia’s medal tally to 15.

Freestyle wrestling
Meanwhile, Russian wrestler Abdulrashid Sadulaev picked up another gold medal for Team Russia on Saturday by beating Turkey’s Selim Yaşar in the men’s 86-kilogram freestyle finals.

Pentathlon
Another gold was snatched by Russia’s Alexander Lesun, who came in first in the men’s individual modern pentathlon event with an overall score of 1,479 points. Pavlo Tymoshchenko from Ukraine took silver, scoring 1,472 points, while Ismael Hernandez of Mexico won the bronze with 1,468 points.
Source: RT.