Biathlon

Obverse

in the centre - the relief image of the National Coat of Arms of the Russian Federation (a two-headed spread eagle with wings up crowned with two small crowns and - over them - with a big one connected by a strip. The eagle holds a sceptre in his dexter talon and an orb in the sinister talon. Upon its breast on a shield - a knight in the cloak sitting on the horseback slaying a dragon toppled over and trampled by the horse), above - the semicircular inscription along the rim: "РОССИЙСКАЯ ФЕДЕРАЦИЯ" (THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION) framed on both sides by ornamental elements of doubled rhombuses, inscriptions in the lower part of the disc, to the left of the heraldic eagle - indicating the precious metal and its fineness, to the right - indicating the fine metal content and the mint trade mark, on bottom at the edge - inscription: "3 РУБЛЯ" (3 RUBLES) and the date: "2014 г." (2014) under it.

Reverse

In the central part of the disc, to the left - the relief image of a biathlonist in a firing position, to the right of it - the inscription "СОЧИ" (SOCHI), the date: "2014" and five Olympic rings in three lines, below to the right, at the edge - a colored image of a little branch and cone of the Pitsunda pine.

Authors

The artists: E.V. Kramskaya (obverse), A.A. Brynza (reverse).
The sculptors: A.A. Dolgopolova (obverse), A.N. Bogdanova (reverse).
Mint: Saint Petersburg Mint (СПМД).
The edge: 300 corrugations.