Russia`s Alexander Tretyakov won the bronze medal in the men`s skeleton on Friday at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His time was 3:30.75, 1.02 behind the gold winner.
Canadian Jon Montgomery took the gold medal with a time of 3:29.73 and Latvian Martins Dukurs grabbed silver with 3:29.80.
Tretyakov`s medal increased Russia`s medal haul at the Games to five. Earlier skiers Nikita Kriukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy won gold and silver, figure skater Evgeni Plushenko won silver and skater Ivan Skobrev took bronze.
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