He then competed in his seventh Olympics in Sochi 2014 in his native Russia, winning a further two silver medals.
Demchenko also won eight medals at the FIL European Luge Championships with four golds (Men's singles: 2006, 2010; Mixed team: 2012, 2014), two silvers (Men's singles: 1996, 2008), and two bronzes (Men's doubles: 1996; Mixed team: 2013).
He was the overall Luge World Cup champion in men's singles in 2004–05.
[2] In January 2018, he and Tatyana Ivanova successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to strip his medals from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport.
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