Congratulations to Russia’s national junior team on topping 2020 Winter Youth Olympics medal standings 2020-01-23 09:00:00 Vladimir Putin congratulated Russia's national team on topping the event’s medal count at the III Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne, Switzerland. The message reads, in part: “You trained really well for these important competitions and thanks to your determination and desire for victory you withstood competition from strong rivals, fulfilled your tasks brilliantly and showed that you are a tight-knit team that unites young athletes from many regions of Russia.”