Russian Olympic medalist received a Mercedes
Over 33 medals won by the Russian team at the Olympics in Sochi, athletes received 45 new "Mercedes". Cars put on Vasilevsky descent, each adorned with are not faceless numbers and letters numbers and signs "The Russian team" with the names and the names of the new owners.
As a gift to this year's Olympians got expensive cars "Mercedes". For "gold" champions - the keys to the SUV class GL cost of 5 million 300 thousand rubles. Silver medalists - ML-class machines costing between 360,000 and bronze - "Mercedes' GLK class cost from 2.15 million rubles.
By the way, handing REFUNDABLE CAR Olympians-winners - it's a tradition. According to the results of the last two Olympics medal winners awarded Audi, in 2008 - BMW.
Add that Evgeni Plushenko, who won the "gold" of the Sochi Olympics in the team standings, at the ceremony of cars appeared, but did not take pictures, took the keys and left. also known that Maxim Trankov and Tatiana Volosozhar specially flew to Moscow to receive from the General Purpose Vehicle Zurich. Today they will return back.
Julia said she really wants to drive the car itself, but while waiting for the 18th anniversary, give mom a car. Adeline A year later able to sit behind the wheel, so I decided nobody peredarivat expensive car, and "store" it for yourself. "peredarivat it to anyone I will not - I will go myself" - said with a smile skater.
Car keys were handed over to the Russian athletes Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. He was particularly attentive to the youngest athletes - 15-year-old Julia Lipnitskaya and 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova. Girls, who won gold medals in figure skating (Julia - in the team standings, Adeline - personal) do not yet have the right to drive. They do not have 18. About how they arrange for its disposal brand new "Mercedes" and asked Dmitry Medvedev.
