Russian Junior Mountaineering Championship and Championship of Siberian Federal District and Far East Federal District were held at the end of February in Novosibirsk (Russia).
The quartet of Svetlana Sleptsova, Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Olga Medvedtseva and Olga Zaitseva defended their Olympic women's biathlon 4x6.5km title at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
103 projects of Krasnoyarsk scientists were registered in the Centre for Nanotechnology «Nanotechnologies-Krasnoyarsk». The decision to establish the Centre was made after Anatoly Chubais, Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation of Nanotechnologies had visited the Krasnoyarsk Territory.
The national Men team successfully finished the biathlon competition in Ruhpolding (Germany). Ivan Cherezov, Anton Shipulin, Maksim Chudov and Evgeny Ustyugov, the SibFU coach and faculty member claimed the World Cup biathlon win and proved their chances for leadership in the 4 x 7.5 km Relay.