Winter Olympics in Beijing starts. Games will be held in three clusters at once. A high-speed railway was built to connect them.
In just two weeks, 109 sets of awards in seven sports will be played. The first starts were held the day before – in curling, women’s hockey and in one of the freestyle disciplines.
The opening will take place at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing at 3 pm Moscow time. Plans to attend the ceremony Vladimir Putin.
live broadcastwhich can be seen on the channel “Russia 1” and the platform “Looking”will be hosted by one of the best domestic commentators – Dmitry Guberniev.
On live broadcasts, such famous people as figure skaters Irina Slutskaya and Ekaterina Bobrova, hockey player Andrey Nikolishin and journalist Vladimir Stognienko will work with him.
The crew of the ISS wished the Russians victories and new records at the Olympics in Beijing. The appeal was sent by Anton Shkaplerov and Petr Dubrov. They promised to follow the performances from space from the board of the international station and, of course, to worry about their team.