Russian commemorative Gold coin

Series: Sports
XX Olympic Winter Games 2006, Torino, Italy

Par : 50 rubles

Release Date: 10.01.2006

Mint: Moscow Mint (ММD).

The Games featured 84 medal events in 15 disciplines grouped over 7 sports. Events that made Olympic debut in Turin included mass start biathlon, team sprint cross country skiing, snowboard cross and team pursuit speedskating. The classical men's 50 km and women's 30 km distances, which were held at the previous Winter Games in 2002, were not held in these Games, as these events were alternated with freestyle events of the same distances. In fact, most of the cross country skiing events at these Games involved different distances from those in Salt Lake City.