in the mandatory program, the judges underestimated kolomenkin's scores.is competitor, swede ulrich salchow, won. as a sign of protest, kolominkin abandoned the free program, but stunned with the performance of special figures. this discipline was introduced so many times in london back then. having seen the drawings of the figures claimed by the russians. the swede and other participants did not even dare to fly. and kolomenkin performed everything accurately and gracefully received olympic gold. he was also a shooter and took part in that olympics and this sport. already under soviet rule, he directed a figure skating school, and during the war he taught shooting to red army soldiers and partisans. until 1952, nikolai panin kolominkin remained the only olympic champion in our country. on this day in 1943, the ussr no longer had the best heavy tank of the great patriotic war and the second world war - is-2 stands for joseph stalin. after the battle of kursk, it became clear: the red army needed a tank capable of destroying german tiger- panthers. developm