The 2018 Olympics will be held in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang from February 9 to 25. Traditionally, this event is one of the most anticipated, because millions of fans around the world will have a wonderful opportunity to see the spectacular competition. top athletes modernity. There will be about 2,500 of them at the Olympics from more than 90 countries, while 102 sets of awards are planned to be played in various winter disciplines.

It should be noted that not many countries wanted to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The following have submitted applications to the IOC:

• Annecy (a city in the southeast of France);
• Munich (a city in southern Germany);
• Pyeongchang (South Korea).

The main reason for the rejection of the French application was the too frequent OI. The last such event took place in this country in 1992, and in its sovereign history, France has hosted the Olympics 5 times (only the United States has more). In addition, senior officials from this country ignored final part the choice of the venue for the Olympics, as a result of which the chances of the French bid to win became completely illusory. Munich (Germany) could be an excellent venue for the 2018 Winter Olympics, but the IOC members felt that not so long ago, Germany hosted the main sports event four years (in 1972). As a result, the first games after the fall of the Berlin Wall in the united territory of Germany did not take place.

Choosing Pyeongchang, the IOC functionaries pursued two goals, the main of which was the popularization of winter sports in Asia. In addition, this South Korean city has already applied for the Olympic Games for the third time, and in last time shamefully lost to Sochi with a difference of only 4 votes. Pyeongchang won the right to host the Olympics already in the first round, overtaking its competitors by a huge margin (63 votes against 25 for Munich and 7 for Annecy). The judges were bribed by the determination with which the city was moving towards its goal, because over the past few years in South Korea the construction of sports facilities and related infrastructure continues. After the official announcement of the winner, the joy of the South Korean delegation knew no bounds.

In what sports will medals be played?

On the this moment Only 15 types of winter sports are recognized as Olympic. This list includes:

• skating;
• skiing;
• ski jumping;
• ski biathlon;
• figure skating;
• skiing;
• luge;
• short track;
• freestyle;
• snowboard;
• skeleton;
• biathlon;
• bobsled;
• curling;
• hockey.

At the 2018 Olympics in South Korea, medals will be awarded for the first time in 6 new disciplines, including mass start in speed skating (for men and women), big air in snowboarding (for men and women), team competition in skiing, double-mix in curling. Two disciplines were deleted from the list of sporting events - parallel slalom in men and women. The number of disciplines is final and not subject to change, as stated in the resolution adopted at the IOC meeting on June 8, 2015.

Sports objects

Almost every fan knows where the Winter Olympics 2018 will take place, but at which venues the main sporting events of the four years will take place remains a mystery to many. The main venue for the upcoming event, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the games are planned to be held, will be Hwenge Park, which has a capacity of 75,000 people. Among other objects it should be noted:

• ski center "Alpensia" (at the same time 15,500 spectators can be accommodated);
• ski jumping center "Alpensia" (capacity - over 60,000 spectators);
• center of biathlon competitions "Alpensia" (capacity - 26,500 spectators);
• ski base "Yonpyeong" (capacity - 18,000 spectators), etc.

Also worth mentioning are several indoor sports venues, including the Gyongpo Ice Hall, which will host figure skating and short track competitions, and the Gwangdong University Sports Arena, which will host most of the hockey matches of the Olympics, including the final match.

Now 7 out of 13 objects are completely ready and put into operation. This summer, an IOC commission visited Pyeongchang to assess the pace of construction of the necessary infrastructure. According to officials, the schedule for the construction of stadiums, training bases, tracks, sports complexes in the country is not only in accordance with the established deadlines, but also significantly ahead of them. Considering how much South Korea wanted to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, these claims should be credible.

How much will tickets cost?

The organizers of the event tried to make ticket prices affordable, thanks to which even the most wealthy fan will have the opportunity to see one of the sporting events with their own eyes. The only exception will be the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The cost of the cheapest entrance ticket will be at least 168 euros, while many are ready to purchase tickets at this price. The most expensive tickets in the central sectors can be redeemed at 1,147 euros apiece.

The minimum ticket price for less attended sporting events (traditionally short track, skeleton and bobsleigh) is estimated at 15 euros. The maximum ticket price for the final part of popular sports (hockey, biathlon, figure skating, skiing) will be 689 euros. More than half of the tickets for all 15 disciplines of the Olympiad are sold in the price range of 60-70 euros. In October of this year, fans will be able to redeem the coveted tickets on the Internet on the official website of the games.

Ticket prices are comparable to those for the 2008 Olympics in Vancouver and slightly lower than for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. You should take care of purchasing tickets in advance, because the price list will definitely not fall cheaper than the indicated amounts. In addition, as the competition in South Korea approaches, the cost will only increase, and on the day of the competition it will be possible to buy tickets only from resellers. They most often set a price that is 2-3 times the face value of the purchase, so go to Pyeongchang in the midst of the Olympics and hope to get it there cheap ticket stupid to say the least.

Symbols of the 2018 Olympics

The official emblem of the event is uncomplicated, expressive and quickly stored in the memory of the fans. It consists of four straight lines connected in the form of an unfinished square. Each of these lines symbolizes three harmonious elements:

1. sky,
2. earth;
3. person.

The second symbol is made in the form of a five-pointed star, symbolizing two winter elements - snow and ice. It is noteworthy that the logo of the Olympiad-2018 uses traditional colors for South Korea, such as yellow, black, blue, red and green. According to IOC President Jacques Rogge, he has not seen a more successful combination of elements of national culture for a long time, because the created emblem helps to understand the worldview of the Korean people and discover something new.

When choosing a mascot for the event, the organizers sought to associate it with folk mythology. As a result, the white tiger was ideally suited for this role, symbolizing strength, trust and protection from evil in South Korean fairy tales. The color of the mascot is also associated with winter sports, and the name has a deep meaning. The name of the tiger Soohorang can be divided into two parts, the first of which Sooho literally translates as "protection". The second part of rang means "tiger" and closely echoes the folk music of the same name in the province where Pyeongchang is located. Mascots have been an official attribute of the Winter Olympics since the 1972 Munich Olympics, when a dachshund was chosen for this role.

Thus, the next 2018 Olympics promises to be one of the largest, well-prepared and exciting events. Eminent athletes will gather here and try to prove to fans, judges, and the world community that they deserve the title of the best in their discipline. Spectators have to wait for this unique event that can impress even the hardened skeptic with its entertainment, uncompromising struggle and sensational results.

The composition of the Russian team

After the whole sports world I shuddered at another doping scandal, in which the names of the country's best athletes appeared, the trip of our team to South Korea remained in doubt. In the fall of 2017, the WADA leadership even announced that they would refuse to restore the rights of RUSADA, which would automatically mean a complete disqualification of all Russian athletes.

And now, when only a few weeks are left before the start of the first competitions, the decision has been made - Russia will be represented at Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, but only those athletes who will fully comply with the strict requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency will be able to represent the country. Moreover, they will have to act under neutral flag.

According to the decision of WADA, they will definitely not go to South Korea:

Kind of sport	Athletes
Ski race	Alexander Legkov, Anastasia Dotsenko, Evgeny Belov, Evgenia Shapovalova Maxim Vylegzhanin, Yulia Ivanova, Nikita Kryukov, Alexey Petukhov, Yulia Chekaleva,
	Alexander Kasyanov, Ilvir Khuzin, Alexey Pushkarev, Maxim Belugin
Skeleton	Alexander Tretyakov, Maria Orlova, Elena Nikitina, Olga Potylitsyna
Skating	Artyom Kuznetsov, Alexander Rumyantsev, Olga Fatkulina
	Anna Schukina, Anna Shibanova, Inna Dubanok, Ekaterina Lebedeva, Galina Skiba,
luge	Tatyana Ivanova

Also, the list of those who lost the chance for a long-awaited medal included athletes who did not appear directly in the scandal, but who had various violations in their history mentioned in the WADA requirements, namely:

Denis Yusakov, who was justified earlier, and six-time champion Viktor An, who was generally far from doping scandals, did not receive an invitation, which could not but cause a storm of indignation among the fans of these young and talented athletes.

When the lists of those who were denied participation became known, they caused a real shock, because it became even more difficult to understand the principle of selection. Thus, in addition to those already suspended from participation in the 2018 Olympics, the following were added:

Kind of sport	Athletes
	Anton Shipulin, Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Garanichev, Matvey Eliseev, Maxim Tsvetkov, Yuri Shopin, Daria Virolainen, Svetlana Mironova, Victoria Slivko, Irina Uslugina, Ekaterina Yurlova-Perkht
Short track	Viktor An, Vladimir Grigoriev, Denis Hayrapetyan, Artyom Kozlov, Evgenia Zakharova
Ski race	Sergei Ustyugov, Gleb Zealous, Tatyana Aleshina
Skating	Olga Fatkulina, Ekaterina Shikhova, Yulia Skokova, Anna Yurakova, Elizaveta Kazelina, Victoria Filyushkina, Daria Kachanova
	Roman Koshelev, Yulia Shokshueva
	Anton Belov, Alexey Bereglazov, Mikhail Naumenkov, Valery Nichushkin, Sergey Plotnikov
Figure skating	Ksenia Stolbova (partner Fyodor Klimov), Ivan Bukin (partner Alexander Stepanov)

Of course, such a decision immediately before the start of the competition seriously undermined the quality of the team. But, among those who got the opportunity to fight for medals in Pyeongchang, there are many young and very talented athletes who have a chance to get a long-awaited medal and defend the honor of the country.

The official website of the Russian Olympic Committee already has the official list of the national team, which includes 169 people:

Kind of sport	Athletes
Skiing	Alexander Andrienko, Anastasia Silantieva, Pavel Trikhichev, Alexander Khoroshilov, Ekaterina Tkachenko
Skating	Angelina Golikova, Sergey Trofimov, Olga Graf, Natalia Voronina,
Bobsleigh and Skeleton	Alexey Stulnev, Alexandra Rodionova, Maxim Andrianov, Vladislav Marchenkov, Alexei Zaitsev, Vasily Kondratenko, Nikita Tregubov, Ruslan Samitov, Yuri Selikhov, Yulia Belomestnykh, Anastasia Kocherzhova, Nadezhda Sergeeva
luge	Andrey Medvedev, Vladislav Antonov, Andrey Bogdanov, Alexander Denisiev, Roman Repilov, Semyon Pavlichenko, Stepan Fedorov, Ekaterina Baturina
	Anton Babikov, Tatyana Akimova, Matvey Eliseev, Uliana Kaisheva
Ski jumping	Evgeny Klimov, Denis Kornilov, Irina Avvakumova, Mikhail Nazarov, Alexandra Kustova, Alexei Romashov, Anastasia Barannikova, Sofia Tikhonova
	Anastasia Bryzgalova, Galina Arsenkina, Alexander Krushelnitsky, Victoria Moiseeva, Ulyana Vasilyeva, Yulia Guzieva, Yulia Portunova
Nordic combined	Ernest Yachin
Ski race	Alexander Bolshunov, Andrey Melnichenko, Alexey Vitsenko, Andrey Larkov, Alexey Chervotkin, Denis Spitsov, Alexander Panzhinsky, Yulia Belorukova, Alisa Zhambalova, Natalya Nepryaeva, Anna Nechaevskaya, Anastasia Sedova
Freestyle	Ilya Burov, Maxim Burov, Semyon Denshchikov, Egor Korotkov, Pavel Krotov, Stanislav Nikitin, Igor Omelin, Sergei Ridzik, Alexander Smyshlyaev, Pavel Chupa, Alina Gridneva, Valeria Demidova, Victoria Zavadovskaya, Lyubov Nikitina, Alexandra Orlova, Marika Pertakhiya, Lana Prusakova , Regina Rakhimova, Kristina Spiridonova, Ekaterina Stolyarova, Anastasia Tatalina, Anastasia Chirtsova
Snowboard	Nikita Avtaneev, Victor Wild, Daniil Dilman, Dmitry Loginov, Anton Mamaev, Nikolay Olyunin, Dmitry Sarsembaev, Andrey Sobolev, Vladislav Hadarin, Milena Bykova, Maria Vasiltsova, Alena Zavarzina, Kristina Paul, Natalya Soboleva, Ekaterina Tudegesheva, Sofia Fedorova
Short track	Semyon Elistratov, Pavel Sitnikov, Alexander Shulginov, Ekaterina Efremenkova, Ekaterina Konstantinova, Emina Malagich, Sofia Prosvirnova
Figure skating	Dmitry Aliev, Jonathan Gureiro, Mikhail Kolyada, Vladimir Morozov, Alexei Rogonov, Dmitry Solovyov, Alexander Enbert, Kristina Astakhova, Ekaterina Bobrova, Natalia Zabiyako, Alina Zagitova, Tiffany Zagorski, Evgenia Medvedeva, Maria Sotskova, Evgenia Tarasova
	Men's team: Sergey Andronov, Alexander Barabanov, Vyacheslav Voynov, Vladislav Gavrikov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Nikita Gusev, Pavel Datsyuk, Artyom Zub, Sergey Kalinin, Andrey Zubarev, Ilya Kablukov, Kirill Kaprizov, Bogdan Kiselevich, Nikita Nesterov, Ilya Kovalchuk, Vasily Koshechkin, Alexei Marchenko , Sergey Mozyakin, Nikolai Prokhorkin, Ilya Sorokin, Dinar Khafizullin, Igor Shesterkin, Ivan Telegin, Vadim Shipachev, Sergey Shirokov Women's team: Nadezhda Alexandrova, Maria Batalova, Liana Ganeeva, Lyudmila Belyakova, Angelina Goncharenko, Elena Dergacheva, Diana Kanaeva, Evgenia Dyupina, Fanuza Kadirova, Victoria Kulishova, Ekaterina Lobova, Nadezhda Morozova, Ekaterina Nikolaeva, Anastasia Chistyakova, Ekaterina Smolina, Valeria Pavlova, Nina Pirogova , Olga Sosina, Alena Starovoitova, Valeria Tarakanova, Svetlana Tkacheva, Anna Shokhina, Alevtina Shtareva

Form of the Russian Olympic team

In 2018, our Olympians will come to the opening Winter Olympics in new form. The Zasport sports collection includes 72 pieces of clothing for various kinds sports, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Games.

Traditionally, the basic colors are white, blue and red, but at the same time it fully complies with the strict rules of the IOC. In particular:

• colors, even in individual elements, do not add up to a tricolor;
• there is no coat of arms of the Russian Federation on the clothes of athletes;
• the uniform is decorated with a special Olympic emblem with the inscription Olympic Athlete From Russia.

On August 6, the long-awaited Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Remember how much there was news that we might not be allowed to them because of a fight with the British and a scandal with doping. And despite the fact that at the beginning we had doubts about participation, now we have 12 gold medals and we can easily overtake Great Britain, which we still have 3 gold medals to go. The Americans are doing well, they now have the largest amount of gold, and we are unlikely to have time to overtake them in the next 5 days. But we wish good luck to our athletes who are fighting for the honor of our great country!

When will the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro end?

As I said, there are 5 days left until the end of the Olympic Games, and now it's the 17th. Therefore, they will end on August 21, 2016. According to approximate forecasts, the Americans and the Chinese will win the Olympics, but for the third place there will be a struggle between the British and Russia. Both teams are very strong, so do accurate forecasts almost impossible in the end. It remains only to watch and cheer for our country, because for the third place we will be more respected by other countries.

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Photo: organizing committee, infographics by the author

The Olympic Games in South Korea are entering the home stretch.

The Russian team is still without a gold medal, still replenishes the piggy bank thanks to the young ski team, and somewhere high, high in the mountains, Germany and Norway decide which of them will win the overall standings. Yes, what we have been waiting for so long has finally happened - competitions have started in figure skating among women. After short program Russian figure skaters set two world records in a row. space achievement Evgenia Medvedeva(81.61 points) after ten minutes it was beaten Alina Zagitova(82.92). Fantastic numbers, unattainable. But that's exactly what we were counting on. Gold is already here.

The Russians got so close to the gold medal only in ski competitions in men - twice. In the relay race and in the team sprint until the decisive moment, Denis Spitsov and Alexandra Bolshunova there were chances for first place, but a man named Johannes Hesflot Klebo multiplied them by zero, demonstrating a completely different level. You can argue for a long time what the result would be if you were at this Olympics Sergey Ustyugov, the absence of which no one has ever explained. But in this variation of the compositions in Pyeongchang, the Norwegians simply have no competitors.

But competition in biathlon is high. At this celebration of life, the “gold” was already won by the neighbors from Belarus, the Swedes collected a whole armful, the Italians were among the prizes. We can only envy and wonder. And if what biathlon will take place it was clear beforehand that we could not even count on such success in skiing.

But something happened that we feared.

The whole story with the performance under a neutral flag, which began from afar - from the World Cup athletics- was supposed to end in Pyeongchang. In the absence of doping violations, state attributes would have been returned to Russia at the closing ceremony. Disturbing news came from the sport where it was least expected. It would be nice if they were cyclic views Well, even hockey. But curling... And what did they find? Meldonium. It would seem that everything has long been passed and studied, and the drug is forgotten for sports. Happening Alexander Krushelnitsky showed the opposite. The fact that mildronate does not contribute to the improvement of sports performance has been repeatedly said and there is no great need for its use. Especially in curling. However, all further conversations are already crossing the legal plane, and it seems to be for a long time. At the moment, athletes, by decision of the Sports arbitration court(CAS) stripped of medals.

It so happened that, apart from skiing, the Russians do not have “medal events” where awards would be obtained in series. As it was in Sochi with a short track, biathlon and the same skis. Seriality was replaced by surprise. We have already talked about success Natalia Voronina and Nikita Tregubov. Even more sudden were the medals in freestyle skiing in men. In acrobatics "bronze" pleased Ilya Burov, and in ski-cross, despite the fall, Sergei Ridzik. Even if you prepared for these Games, studied and looked through the composition, then these names were hardly paid attention to in the first place.

The transition to hockey will be as clumsy as the Olympic hockey tournament itself.

The results of the Russian team prove that they are in a league of their own, and if the Russians do not engage in underestimation (which happened in the game with Slovakia), then gold medals will be harder not to win than vice versa. Of surprises - the departure of Sweden ( best team group stage) or Germany's advance to the semi-finals. You can call it whatever you like.

Women's hockey indulges even less diversity. There was no need to worry about the traditional US-Canada final even before the start of the Olympics (by the way, the Americans won), but it was nice to see the Russian team in the match for third place. If the Russians had conceded one goal less, it would have been very good. And so - the defeat of the Finns with a minimum score and the best result in their own Olympic history.

Three days before the end of the Games, Russia has practically lost the chance to break into the top ten overall standings. If we can still count on fulfilling the norm for gold medals, then in terms of the number of silver medals, our rivals are out of reach.

Anton EVSTIGNEEV / MR News Service ©
Photo: organizing committee, infographics by the author

A grand sporting event starts in February - the Winter Olympic Games - 2019. One of the most anticipated events of the year is the Pyeongchang Olympics. A million audience from all over the world will watch the broadcast of the games, watching the opposition of the best representatives modern sports. About 2,500 athletes from 90 countries will take part in the games. Approximately 120 sets of awards will be played during the Olympiad. Spectators, first of all, are interested in when the 2019 Olympics will begin. We will talk about this in more detail below.

How the capital of the competition was chosen

For the right to host a large-scale sports event a serious struggle unfolded between several countries. First of all, the French city of Annecy claimed. But this application was quickly rejected, as France became the host of the Olympics too often. The city authorities did not pay due attention to the final ceremony of choosing the venue for the competition. As a result, Annecy's chances of winning quickly melted away.

Another great venue for the Olympics could be the city of Munich. However, the Olympic Committee in Germany recently hosted the main sporting event of recent years.

IOC members chose Pyeongchang for the following reasons. Firstly, the city was well suited to popularize winter views sports in the regions of Asia, and secondly, for the third time the South Korean town tried to become the center of the Olympic Games. The last time he lost by a small margin to the city of Sochi. In addition, in Pyeongchang, they pay special attention to sports, build sports infrastructure facilities and do not lose hope of holding competitions. After analyzing these facts, the members of the Olympic Committee decided this time to give the South Korean city the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. Soon the winner was officially announced, which brought great joy to the Korean delegation.

Having become the winner, Pyeongchang began to intensively prepare for the Olympic Games. From the very beginning, the opening ceremony was planned to be held in Hwenge Park, which can accommodate about 75,000 spectators. The competitions themselves will be held at the Alpenzia ski center, at the Yenpyong ski base and many other Olympic venues. The entire infrastructure was built in a short time.

Competitions, participating countries, sports

A total of 84 countries will defend their honor at the 2019 Winter Olympics. Among the participating countries there will be newcomers - these are Kosovo and Eritrea. By the way, in December last year it became known that the DPRK refused to take part in competitions in Korea. However, before the New Year, the North Korean ruler said that perhaps this decision would be canceled and the North Korean delegation would arrive at the venue of the competition.

The Winter Olympic Games will include competitions in 15 sports and 102 disciplines. The members of the Olympic Committee made some changes. Now the participants of the games will be able to prove themselves in new disciplines:

• Big air in snowboarding.
• Double-mix in Kerning.

The discipline that was excluded from the competition was the women's and men's parallel slalom in snowboarding.

Interesting facts about the Olympics, start date

The start date for the Olympics in Korea is February 9, 2019. The upcoming event has already acquired a scandalous tone, because there is a clear admixture of politics. The IOC began to apply discriminatory measures against Russian athletes. The end of the 2019 Olympics will be held on February 25 with the closing ceremony.

The beginning and end of the Olympics should be large-scale spectacular events. The financial aspect required South Korea to invest about 9 billion dollars.

It will be the first time that Olympic medals will have such a significant size. The gold award will have 586 grams.

The mascots of the competition will be an Asian black bear, which represents courage and willpower, as well as a white tiger, a traditional Korean symbol of trust and protection.

The Olympic torch will be 700mm high. It will be white with decorative elements. The relic will resemble the ancient porcelain that Korea was famous for.

Ignition Olympic flame took place in Greece on 24 October. 100 days before the start date of the Games, South Korea hosted the Olympic torch relay, which captured 17 cities, more than 7.5 thousand torchbearers took part in it.

The situation with Russia at the 2019 Olympics

In early December 2017, the Olympic Committee announced a pretty decision. The report spoke about the non-admission of the national team. However, athletes will still be able to participate in the Olympics. But everything will happen on an individual basis. Participants from the Russian Federation will be called " Olympic athletes From Russia". Also, the medical and coaching staff, which was affected by the doping scandal, will not be able to go to the games.

The government of the Russian Federation will not interfere with the trip of athletes to South Korea. Putin tries to support all Russian participants. The president even asked for forgiveness for the fact that the politicians could not fully protect the national team from attacks.

Initially, the country's honor was to be represented by 500 athletes. Soon the number was reduced to 389 participants, and in the end only 169 athletes were admitted.

It became clear to everyone that politics had intervened in sport competitions. The International Olympic Committee met several times for meetings, but each time removed the fighters from the Russian Federation.

In addition, it became clear that a condition was put forward that the representatives of the state should speak not under their national flag, but under the emblem and symbols. This circumstance forced some athletes to declare a boycott and refuse to participate in the opening ceremony of the main sporting event.

Olympics in South Korea, the latest reports on the participation of the Russian Federation

The media now and then publish current news about the course of the Olympics in the South Korean town. They concern, first of all, participation. Expert delegations are already counting the number of medals that are irretrievably lost. Speed ​​skating, biathlon, and ski race This is where the most loss occurs. There would have been much more medals in these sports if part of the Russian team had not been suspended from participating in competitions.

Analysts note that the strongest athlete Denis Yuskov will also not go to the Olympics. About ten years ago, Yuskov was caught in a doping scandal, but later he was acquitted. Despite the acquittal, representatives Olympic Committee Russians were not allowed to winter Games. And the skater Ekaterina Shikhova, for example, never got caught doping, but she was also banned from participating.

Cross-country skiing was deprived of 8 Russian athletes, they could not be replaced by understudies. The main hope here was on Sergei Ustyugov, who was supposed to make a significant contribution to obtaining medals.

Only 4 athletes remained in biathlon, instead of 11. The main favorites were excluded. Relay competitions will be impossible due to the lack of the proper number of players.

In all this sad situation, it can be noted that there are disciplines in which Russians can show themselves very worthy - this men's hockey and figure skating. Here Russia is one of the favorites.

In figure skating, all hope is placed on world champion Evgenia Medvedev and Alina Zagitova. The latter adequately represented the country at the last European Championship.

Sports analysts agree that at the end of the 2019 Olympics, the Russian Federation will have about 10 medals. There will be no more than 2 or three gold medals, as the national team has been significantly shortened.

You can forget about the victory in ski jumping and Nordic combined. The level of training of our athletes here is quite low. It will also be difficult to qualify for medals in biathlon, but in alpine skiing it will be possible to count on something, since the remaining athletes won the leading championships. Experts also note that the Russian delegation will have to face endless pressure and doping tests in South Korea.