Thomas Lurz (Germany), winner of the gold medal in the 25 km open water finals at the FINA World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona (cropped image).27.07.2013#2254460
The Spanish team with the FIBA Cup after beating France in the final match of the EuroBasket Women 2013.01.07.2013#2212532
Russian Sergei Shubenko at the awards ceremony after becoming European champion in the men's 110 meters hurdles at the European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.01.07.2012#1170181
Russian Sergei Shubenkov at the awards ceremony after becoming European champion in the men's 110 meters hurdles at the European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.01.07.2012#1170180
Russian Sergei Shubenkov at the awards ceremony after becoming European champion in the men's 110 meters hurdles at the European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki.01.07.2012#1170179
Ukrainian Alina Logvinenko (center) at the finish of the 4x400 relay final race at the European Championships in Athletics in Helsinki. The Ukrainian women's team won the 4x400m relay race.01.07.2012#1170143
Turkey's Gamze Bulut finishes second in women's 1500m, at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki.01.07.2012#1170018
Turkey's Aslı Çakır Alptekin, foreground, and Gamze Bulut, winners in women's 1500m, at the European Athletics Championships in Helsinki.01.07.2012#1170017
Great Britain's Dwain Chambers in the 60 metre sprint at the International Track and Field Athletics Tournament "Russian Winter 2012".05.02.2012#1030547
Four-time world stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer after performing at a show near the Georgian Parliament building on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue.22.10.2011#977602
Four-time world stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer, foreground left, during a show near the Georgian Parliament building on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue.22.10.2011#977608
Four-time world stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer performs at a show near the Georgian Parliament building on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue.22.10.2011#977607
Four-time world stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer performs at a show near the Georgian Parliament building on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue.22.10.2011#977605
Four-time world stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer performs at a show near the Georgian Parliament building on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue.22.10.2011#977604
Four-time world stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer performs at a show near the Georgian Parliament building on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue.22.10.2011#977603
Four-time world stunt riding champion Chris Pfeiffer performs at a show near the Georgian Parliament building on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue.22.10.2011#977601
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738118
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738117
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738116
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738114
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738113
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738112
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738111
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738130
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738129
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738128
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738127
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738126
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738125
Russian Yuliya Yefimova won the golden medal in 100-meter breast-stroke at 2010 European Aquatics Championship in Hungary.11.08.2010#738124
World and European gymnastics champion Alina Kabayeva performing with a hoop at the European championship.05.05.2003#57465
Russian figure skaters (men's singles) Alexander Abt (left) and Yevgeny Plyushchenko.01.11.2002#786359
Russian gymnast Irina Chashchina performing in Berlin at the free callisthenics Grand Prix 2002. The gymnast was first in combined events.09.09.2002#380355
Yelena Khvorova and Sergei Ryupina, first place winners at the Russian championship in Latin American dances. Luzhniki Sports Palace.10.04.2001#880764
Yelena Khvorova and Sergei Ryupin, gold medalists at the Russian Championships in Latin American Dance held among professionals. Luzhniki Palace of Sports.09.04.2001#883195
Yelena Khvorova and Sergei Ryupin won gold medal at the Russian Championships in Latin American Dance held among 30 professional pairs of the world dance elite. Luzhniki Palace of Sports.09.04.2001#883194
1st prize winners Yelena Khvorova and Sergei Ryupin compete at Russia's Latin dance championship among professionals.09.04.2001#883193
The Tatyana's Day (Russian Students Day) traditional festival celebrations at Lomonosov Moscow State University. A concert in the spectators' hall. Center, from left: Anastasia Yefimenko, the 17-year-old first-year best student of the University's Faculty of Fundamental Medicine; Irina Privalova, best athlete of Lomonosov Moscow State University and 2000 Olympic champion; Viktor Sadovnichy, Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University.25.01.2001#8898496
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina before winning first place in the parallel beams event during the finals and scored 9.837.15.10.1999#8891714
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina won first place in the parallel beams event during the finals and scored 9.837.15.10.1999#8891682
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina exercises on the balance beam during the all-round women's team event.09.10.1999#8891687
Tianjin, China. October 8-16, 1999. The 34th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Photo: Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina won bronze, while performing floor exercises.09.10.1999#8891643
Track and field athlete Maxim Tarasov preparaing for a pole vault. Znamensky Brothers Memorial track and field tournament. Lokomotiv stadium.01.06.1996#825133
European Billiards Championship among veterans and juniors under the auspices of the European Federation of Pocket Billiards, held on August 6-11, 1991 at the Leningrad State Circus (now the Great St. Petersburg State Circus). The youngest participant in the championship is 12-year-old Evgeny Stalev.06.08.1991#8590882
A quarterfinal match between the men's basketball teams of Dynamo (Moscow) and Cholet Basket (France) during the European Basketbal Cup Winners' tournament. French coaches happy about their team's result.23.01.1991#6688593
Anatoly Firsov, prominent hockey player and Olympic champion, member of the USSR Supreme Soviet.23.11.1990#6651135
The Tournament of Hope. World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Moscow. Left: Leonid Zhabotinsky, Soviet weightlifter in super heavy weight, Merited Master of Sports, presents an award to 16-year-old weightlifter and winner of the competition.30.05.1990#8454305
Valery Shcherbo, member of the USSR national artistic gymnastics team, at a training base in Krugloye, Moscow Region.16.04.1990#8307623
The Anatoly Kharlampiyev Memorial International Unarmed Combat / Sambo Competition. Photo: Soviet athlete I. Yemelyanova xconfronts her Spanish rival A, Medina in the 80-kg-plus weight category.02.04.1990#6676775
47th USSR Football Cup at the Dynamo Stadium. Final match between Metallist (Kharkov) and Torpedo (Moscow). Metallist won 2-0. Torpedo senior coach Valentin Ivanov.28.05.1988#6567053
The 15th Olympic Winter Games in Calgary, Canada (February 13-28, 1988) Photo: Alexander Popov, a member of the Soviet national biathlon team, takes part in a ski race.22.02.1988#6664265
Natalya Lisovskaya, merited master of sports, world record holder in shot put, 1987 world champion, winner of the 1987 European Cup. Spartak Sport Society.01.12.1987#8494228
Natalya Lisovskaya, merited master of sports, world record holder and shot putter, world champion (1987), winner of the 1987 European Cup. Spartak sports society.01.12.1987#8494227
The V Men's European Field Hockey Championship, held from August 20 to 30, 1987 in Moscow. The Dutch national team won the match with England.30.08.1987#8580863
Soviet athlete, International Master of Sports (diving) Inga Afonina preparing to dive from a 10-meter high platform with an acrobatic element.06.06.1987#8354741
Boxing at the 1986 Goodwill Games (July 5-20, 1986). Boxer Ruslan Taramov (USSR), right, defeats Parker White (USA) in the final match for the middleweight category (up to 75 kg). Olimpiysky Sports Center.19.07.1986#5779911
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Women's artistic gymnastics competitions at the Olimpiisky Sports Complex. From left: Winners in the all-round balance beam event: Gymnast Yelena Shushunova (Soviet Union, silver), champion of the Games Veras Kolesnikova (Soviet Union, gold) and gymnast Diana Dudeva (Bulgaria, bronze) during the medals ceremony.16.07.1986#8843767
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Women's artistic gymnastics competitions at the Olimpiisky Sports Complex. Soviet gymnast Yelena Shushunova, Merited Master of Sports of the USSR, won four gold medals in the team qualification, the vault and parallel bar exercises. She also won silver in the all-round competitions and beam exercises.16.07.1986#8832267
Vladimir Children's Gymnastics School (now Tolkachev Vladimir Specialized Children's and Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserve in Gymnastics). A group of students in the gym after training. Right: absolute world champion (1981, 1985) in artistic gymnastics Yury Korolyov.23.05.1986#8959325
