TOKYO, August 2. /TASS/. Russian shooter Sergei Kamensky won silver on Monday at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo in men’s 50-meter rifle three positions competition with the final result of 464.2 points.

The gold went to Changhong Zhang of China, who scored 466 points and set a new World Record. Serbia’s Milenko Sebic grabbed the bronze with the result of 448.2 points.

This is Kamensky’s second bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics as he previously grabbed the bronze medal in 10m air rifle mixed team competition in pair with Yulia Karimova.

Kamensky, 33, is the silver medal winner of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He also packs two gold medals of the 2018 World Championship, two gold medals of the 2019 European Games and seven gold medals of the European championships.

As of today, the Russian national team of athletes in Tokyo, participating as Team ROC (the Russian Olympic Committee) due to international sanctions against Russian sports, boasts 12 gold, 20 silver and 14 bronze medals. Team ROC is currently 5th in the overall medals count.

The 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Japan’s capital of Tokyo are being held this year between July 23 and August 8. In March 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Japan for one year due to the spread of COVID-19.

Russia at Tokyo-2020

On July 6, the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) published an approved list of 335 athletes, who were selected to represent the country at the Summer Olympic Games. The Olympic delegation of Russian athletes in Tokyo includes 185 female and 150 male athletes.

Russian athletes are competing in Tokyo under the flag and logo of the Russian National Olympic Committee (ROC) instead of the Russian national flag and state emblem. The national anthem of Russia is also under sanctions at the Olympics in Japan.

Sanctions against Russian sports

On December 17, 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Switzerland’s Lausanne partially upheld WADA’s (the World Anti-Doping Agency) previous ruling on a number of sanctions against Russian sports.

Following the CAS decision, Russian athletes were deprived of their right to participate in all World Championships, Olympic and Paralympic Games under the national flag of Russia for a two-year period.

The ruling of the Swiss-based court also stripped Russia of the right to bid for the organization of all international sports tournaments for a period of two years. WADA’s sanctions will be in force until December 2022.