Tip 1: Who will take part in the Olympic torch relay Sochi-2014
Tip 1: Who will take part in the Olympic torch relay Sochi-2014
According to ancient myths, Prometheus titanium, notfearing the wrath of the gods, stole fire from them and brought it as a gift to people to make their life easier. Grateful people did not forget this. During the Olympic Games in a special bowl lit a fire, symbolizing the feat of Prometheus. And in our time, fire is one of the main symbols of the Olympic Games. It is lit on the territory of ancient Olympia and with the help of special torches is delivered to the venue of the competitions. Participation in the relay torch of the Olympic flame is considered a great honor. Who will join the number of its participants before the opening of games in Sochi?
Olympic flame began its journey
September 29, according to tradition, in the territorythe temple of Hera in ancient Olympia from the sun was lit by fire. Honor to become the first participant of the relay fell to a young Greek athlete - 18-year-old Yannis Antoniou. And he received the torch of the famous Russian hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, striker of the Washington Capitals. For the sake of this illustrious athlete specially flew for one day to Greece from the United States, immediately after the match with the team "Philadelphia Flyers". Alexander said that it was a great honor for him.Long way to Sochi
Before flashing in the Olympic bowlthe stadium in Sochi, the fire to overcome more than 60 thousand kilometers - one and a half length of the equator! The relay race will last 123 days. And the total number of its participants will exceed 14 thousand. The design of the torch is designed in such a way that the fire does not go out even under adverse weather conditions. On the way to the venue of the Games, the Olympic flame will visit many regions of Russia. Among the participants of the relay race will be people of different professions and ages, from very young to gray-haired. For example, the oldest bearer of fire will be trainer-teacher Yury Chentsov, who is 80 years old. He will take part in the relay, when the Olympic flame will arrive on the territory of the Republic of Altai. A torch with Olympic flame will also be carried by many famous and famous people. Among them - the world's first woman astronaut, Hero of the Soviet Union - Valentina Tereshkova, as well as gymnast Alexei Nemov, four-time Olympic champion. The name of the last participant of the relay race, which will light the fire in the bowl of the Olympic stadium, while kept secret. It is only known that at the final stages of the relay race, already in front of the stadium, one of the "Buranovski grandmothers", which became famous throughout the world, will take part in it.Tip 2: How the Olympic Torch Relay Works
September 29, 2013 in the Greek Olympiathe Olympic torch relay was launched, anticipating the beginning of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. On October 5, in Athens, the fire will be given to the Russian delegation, which will deliver it to Moscow, and further the torch travel will pass already on the territory of Russia.
Relay Organization
The route of the Olympic Flame in Russia wasis represented by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee a year before the start of the relay race. It was stated that the torch will be in the hands of athletes, on trains, cars, airplanes, on the Russian troika and reindeer sleds. Initially, it was also assumed that during the trip the Olympic fire will also visit the deepest lake in the world - Lake Baikal, through the highest European mountain peak - Elbrus. In addition, it was planned to send fire even into space. For all the time the torch will overcome over 65 thousand kilometers, and 130 million inhabitants from 2900 settlements will be able to watch the relay race. The relay race in Russia will begin on October 7 in Moscow and will be held until the beginning of the Olympics on February 7 and its final destination in Sochi. Representatives of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games argue that the relay will not only be the longest, but also the longest in history -123 days for which torchbearer athletes will carry the Olympic flame through the capitals of 83 constituent entities of the Russian Federation.Relay Route
From Moscow and Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, fire froma counter-clockwise turn will be carried around the Moscow region, through such cities as Tver, Smolensk, Kaluga, Tula, Ryazan, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kostroma and Yaroslavl. After that, the torch will be delivered to the north-west of the country, from where - to the Far East and the northern regions. Then through the Volga region the fire will return again to the central part of Russia, it will be carried through Tambov, then Lipetsk, Orel, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Voronezh and Volgograd. At the final stage of the torch relay torch of the Olympic flame will travel to Sochi by car rally from Elista, passing through 10 southern cities, until it reaches its destination in Sochi on February 7, 2014. In total, more than 14,000 torchbearers will be involved in the relay race. Specifically, the organizing committee purchased 16,000 torches for the relay race, which were produced at the Krasnoyarsk machine-building plant. The cost of each torch is 12 942 rubles. The case of the torch consists of an aluminum alloy with a finely dispersed matte texture, and the design allows the fire to not go out even in bad weather. In the upper part of the hull, the insignia of the Olympic and Paralympic Games are inscribed with the inlaid method.Tip 3: The dates of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi
Despite the fact that the Olympic Games in Sochiwill begin only on February 7, 2014, Russia is already watching with tensions the events connected with the first Olympics in the history of Russia. October 7, 2013, the Olympic torch relay race began, which will affect every region of the largest host country of the 2014 Olympics.
The official start of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi- February 7, 2014, world competitions will last until February 23. October 7, 2013 in Moscow, started the torch relay. It will end on the day of the opening ceremony. Representatives of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games state that the Russian relay race will beat all records - it will be the longest and largest in the history of games. The torch relay will last 123 days, its length will be 65 thousand km. The symbol of athletes - the Olympic flame - will visit 83 capitals of all subjects of the Russian Federation. On the day of the start of the relay, the real Olympic flame was taken by plane from Athens to Russia and an auto rally from Moscow arrived in St. Petersburg. In the Central and North-Western districts, the fire traveled for 23 days, after which the plane from the Northern capital flied to Vladivostok. On the journey through the Far East and the North, fire is given 30 days. After from Vladivostok, the lamp with the Olympic fire train will be moved to Elista. For 58 days, another 45 cities will be lit by the torch of the Olympics. After that, an auto race will be organized from Elista to 10 cities of the south to Sochi, exactly on the appointed date - February 7, 2014. Moreover, a very ambitious step was the sending of the Olympic flame to the North Pole, to the bottom of the deepest Lake Baikal and to the summit of the highest mountain Elbrus. And, of course, Russia, seriously concerned with a responsible large-scale event, could not but send the main symbol of the 2014 Olympics to open space - to the ISS station. In the relay torch of the Olympic flame, 14 thousand selected people-torch bearers - outstanding figures and honored representatives of the cities of our country will take part in the open spaces of Russia. The closure of the Winter Olympic Games is scheduled for February 23, 2014. Two weeks later, on March 7, 2014, another ceremony will begin. On this day, the grand opening of the next stage of the Olympic Games-Paralympic Games in Sochi will take place, which will last until March 16, 2014.
Tip 4: How to choose torchbearers for the Olympics in Sochi
October 7 in Russia startedgrandiose torch relay. The relay promises to be the largest in the history of the Olympic Games and cover 83 regions of the country. 14000 torchbearers will take part in this event. Who is included in their number, and how are those selected who will be charged with the responsible task - carry the Olympic flame?
Olympic torch relay - greata non-sporting event, without which none of the Olympic Games is unthinkable. The Olympic flame is a symbol of peace, friendship, purity and struggle for victory. The fire solemnly ignites in Olympia, after which it goes on a trip to Greece and from there gets to the host country of the forthcoming Olympics, in our case, to Russia.
Honor to carry the Olympic flame must be earned
To the torchbearers are presented several mainrequirements: - Age from 14 years .- Support of the basic principles of Olympism: Excellence, Respect, Friendship .- Presence of achievements, which is not ashamed to tell others .- Ability to inspire people for new achievements. - Maintaining a healthy lifestyle. - Interest in the Olympic Games 2014. The main partners of the Olympic movement in Sochi-2014 were the companies Coca-Cola, INGOSTRAH and RZD. Each of them selected its torch bearers. On official websites of Coca-Cola and INGOSTRAH companies, everyone could fill out an application form in which it was necessary to tell about themselves and their achievements. The best applicants were selected by open voting of users on the companies' website, after which the questionnaires were evaluated by an independent jury. RZhD, in turn, distributed half of the "vacant seats" between its own employees and well-deserved veterans, as well as representatives of patronized companies, sports and educational institutions. The second half of the nominees for torchbearers were entrusted to choose the local authorities of each region. All nominations are finally approved by the Sochi Organizing Committee.Honorary torch bearers
Given the above requirements, noIt's amazing that many famous athletes, artists, politicians, public figures got on the honorary list of torchbearers. So open the first stage of the relay, held in Moscow, fell the honor of the Olympic champion in synchronized swimming Anastasia Davydova. Vladislav Tretyak, Ivan Urgant, Irina Rodnina, Svetlana Khorkina, Ilya Averbukh, Dima Bilan, Igor Vernik, Iosif Kobzon, Konstantin Tszyu, Svetlana Masterkova, Gennady Onishchenko, Andrey Malakhov and many others also ran their own stage in Moscow. In St. Petersburg among the famous people taking part in the relay race, runner Natalia Antyukh, figure skater Elena Berezhnaya, football player Alexander Kirzhakov, wrestler Alexei Mikhin. In Omsk - gymnast Yevgeniya Kanaeva. In Yaroslavl - hockey player Andrey Kovalenko, the first woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. In Volgograd - track and field athlete Yulia Zaripova, honored coach Evgeny Trofimov. In Smolensk - thrower hammer Olga Kuzenkova, swimmer Ivan Kassin, biathlete Nadezhda Talanova. In each city of Russia its heroes are torchbearers.Tip 5: Results of the first Olympic week in Sochi 2014
The first Olympic week in Sochi was saturated. According to the results of the medal test, the Russian team takes only 8th place.
In total, Russian athletes won 12 medals,of which only 2 - the highest dignity. Both gold medals were received in figure skating: the Russians won in the team competition and in sports pairs where the gold was won by Maxim Trankov and Tatyana Volosozhar. Silver and bronze medals from the Russian team have the same number of 5. Silver was given to Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov in the pair figure skating. In luge sports Albert Demchenko (twice in the personal championship and in the team relay) climbed twice on the silver podium. Olga Villuhina became a silver medalist in the pursuit race against biathletes. Another silver brought the Russian team Olga Fatkulina, running a distance of 500 meters in the skating. The first bronze Olympic medal was brought by Olga Graf in speed skating, in the run for 3000 meters. Unexpected for Russia were the bronze medals received in the short track by the skater Viktor An and in freestyle - Alexander Smyshlyaev. On the last day of the first Olympic week, Elena Nikitina was pleased, who won a bronze medal in the skeleton. And on the eve, on his birthday, biathlete Evgeny Garanichev climbed to the bronze podium after the individual race. The German team is still in the medal standings, the athletes of which have already received 10 Olympic medals, of which 7 are gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze. The second place was taken by the team of Switzerland, which won 7 awards, of which 5 - the highest dignity. Closes the top three team of Canada, which has 11 medals, of which only 4 - gold. Russia also concedes to such countries as Norway, the USA, the Netherlands and Belarus. It should be noted that the gap between these teams is not very large, and the Russian team has every chance to improve its position in the medal standings. For this, Russian athletes need to receive medals of the highest dignity.
