俄罗斯代表队在温哥华冬奥会闭幕式上，他们中的大多数都未能斩获奖牌
在俄罗斯取得其历史最差冬奥会成绩之后，俄总统梅德韦杰夫(Dmitry Medvedev)周一要求俄高级体育官员辞职，否则将被解雇。
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told top sports officials Monday to resign or be fired after the country's worst showing in the Winter Olympics.
梅德韦杰夫在电视讲话中宣布，那些负责奥运会准备事宜之人现在必须承担责任。他说他们应当做出勇敢的决定并提交他们的辞呈。如果他们做不到，我们将帮助他们这么做。
'Those in charge of preparation for the Olympics must take responsibility right now,' Mr. Medvedev declared in televised remarks. He said they 'should take the courageous decision and tender their resignations. If they cannot, we will help them.'
梅德韦杰夫没有提及具体姓名。但他在俄执政党统一俄罗斯党(United Russia)的领导人面前所做的最后通牒显然预示了俄罗斯体育部、俄奥委会(Russian Olympic Committee)和八个主管冬季运动的联盟中的一部分将会大换血。他特别批评了联盟领导人，称他们是“肥猫”。
Mr. Medvedev didn't mention names. But his ultimatum, made before leaders of the ruling United Russia party, appeared to herald shake-ups of the sports ministry, the Russian Olympic Committee and some of the eight federations governing winter sports. He took particular aim at federation leaders, calling them 'fat cats.'
在他发表讲话之前，俄罗斯跳台滑雪联盟称已解雇了该联盟的德国教练施泰尔特(Wolfgang Steiert)。施泰尔特训练这支队伍长达六年，后者在温哥华冬奥会上却没拿到一枚奖牌。
Before he spoke, Russia's ski-jumping federation said it had fired Wolfgang Steiert, the German who coached its team for six years, which took home no medals at the Vancouver Games.
苏联在1991年解体前，连续九届冬奥会均以奖牌榜排名第一或第二的佳绩载誉而归。这样的成绩令温哥华的俄罗斯军团黯淡无光。此次俄罗斯共取得15块奖牌，排名第六，是历史上排名最低的一次，而且其中只有三枚金牌。其男子冰球队本是大热门，从苏联时期至今，这是它第一次未能打进半决赛。其花样滑冰运动员自1964年至今第一次将金牌拱手让人。
Russian squads in Vancouver were a shadow of the Soviet powerhouse that finished first or second in the medal count in nine straight Winter Olympics before the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991. With 15 medals, the Russians placed sixth, their lowest ranking, and just three of the medals were gold. Their men's ice-hockey team, a favorite, was the first yet from Russia or the Soviet Union not to make the semifinals; their figure skaters failed to win gold for the first time since 1964.
梅德韦杰夫没有参加周日的温哥华冬奥会闭幕式，让他人代表俄罗斯接受冬奥会会旗。俄罗斯将在其黑海海滨胜地索契举办2014年冬奥会。
Mr. Medvedev skipped Sunday's closing ceremonies in Vancouver, letting others accept the Olympic flag on behalf of Russia as host of the 2014 Games, in the Black Sea resort of Sochi. |
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