**The head of Russia’s Olympic Committee has stepped down after the nation recorded its worst performance at the Winter Games, Russian news reports say.**Leonid Tyagachyov resigned after Russia finished with just three golds in its 15-medal haul from Vancouver.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had on Monday called on Russia’s senior sports officials to resign, likening the sports federations to “fat cats”.
The 2014 Winter Olympics are to be held in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi.
The Itar-Tass news agency quoted a spokesman for the Olympic Committee as saying Mr Tyagachyov had submitted a letter of resignation.
A spokesman for Tyagachyov declined comment, Reuters reported.