Sochi: After years of making little impact on Russia's sporting fortunes, foreign-born athletes poached from abroad are finally making an impact at the Winter Olympics. Russia has been much criticised at the Sochi Games as several athletes who were born or brought up in Russia won gold for other countries.


Russia's Short Track 1000m gold medalist Victor An (right) and silver medalist Vladimir Grigorev in Sochi. An was born in Korea & Grigorev in Ukraine 

But the reverse has also come true in the last few days where a South Korean-born short track skater won a historic gold for Russia, a Ukrainian-born pairs skater won double gold and another Ukrainian-born short track skater win silver.