Ivan Babikov

Ivan Babikov: Now, Ivan Babikov and Daria Gaiazova are preparing to compete in a Winter Games in the country of their birth, according to Times Colonist. Both wore the Maple Leaf at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver and Whistler, B.C., with the 33-year-old Babikov finishing just off the podium in fifth in the men's 30-kilometre event. He's a medal threat again in distance races and also with the men's relay team and They raced for and in their adopted country at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Canadian cross-country skiers, who will represent Canada next month in Sochi, were both born in Russia Gaiazova in Moscow and Babikov in Kozhva. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.