Timur Safin of the Russian Federation during Men's Individual Foil bout with Alexey Cheremisinov of the Russian Federation on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 3 on August 7, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Jeremy Cadot of France competes against Alexey Cheremisinov of Russian Federation during the Men's Foil Team Gold Medal Match bout on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 3 on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Jeremy Cadot of France competes against Alexey Cheremisinov of Russian Federation during the Men's Foil Team Gold Medal Match bout on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Carioca Arena 3 on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Alexey Chervotkin (silver) of Olympic Athlete from Russia, Clement Parisse (bronze) of France, Simen Hegstad Krueger (gold) of Norway compete during the Cross-Country Skiing men's 4x10km relay on Day 9 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Cross-Country Centre on February 18, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, Republic of Korea.

Alexey Denisenko of Russian Federation competes against Ahmad Abughaush of Jordan during the men's -68kg Gold Medal Taekwondo contest at the Carioca Arena on Day 13 of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on August 18, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(L-R) Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko and Anton Shipulin of Russia celebrate on the podium during flower ceremony for the Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay

Alexey Stukalskiy and teammate Petr Dron of Russia compete against Germany during the Men's Curling Round Robin

BEIJING - AUGUST 14: Alexey Kostygov of Russia tries to pass the ball around Lars Troels Joergensen of Denmark during the handball event at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium during Day 6 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 14, 2008 in Beijing, China.

BEIJING - AUGUST 21: (L-R) Jangy Addy of Liberia, Alexey Sysoev of Russia and Bryan Clay of the United States compete in the Men's Decathlon 400m Final held at the National Stadium during Day 13 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 21, 2008 in Beijing, China.

London 2012 - Lee Daehoon of Korea stays clear of an attack by Russia’s Alexey Denisenko in men’s taekwondo semifinal action and advances to the gold medal match in -58kg competition at ExCel on August 8, 2012.