An unpleasant surprise happened at the start of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow - the Olympic torch went out in the hands of one of the athletes. His flame was soon rekindled, but the sediment remained. How the Olympic flame went out in the Kremlin, as well as the route of the Olympic torch relay in Moscow and the changes in traffic in connection with it, see below.
The Olympic flame went out in the Kremlin
In Moscow, on Sunday, October 6, the Kremlin passed the stage of the Olympic torch relay. The event was opened by the President of Russia Vladimir Putin . “This relay race will be truly unique: the Olympic Flame will overcome 65 thousand kilometers, its path will pass through all our regions and show the world Russia as it is, as we love it,” the Russian president said. His words are quoted by the Kremlin site.
“I’m sure the relay will light the hearts of millions of people, and the Olympic torch, the prototype for which was the feather of the magical heat bird, will bring joy and success to millions of people in Russia,” the Russian leader concluded.
With Olympic torches in their hands, skaters, a pianist, a former bobsledder, a prima ballerina, a hero of World War II and many others fled. But most of all, people remember the run of the 17-time world champion in scuba diving Shavarsh Karapetyan. An unpleasant incident happened to him: in the hands of Karapetyan the Olympic fire went out.
A video has been posted online that shows a sportsman running along the Kremlin walls with an extinct torch, looking around in search of help. Runs up to the guard and he returns the flame with a cigarette lighter.
Rumors that the Olympic torch went out in the Kremlin quickly spread on the Internet. Some users found this a bad sign.
As the Olympic flame went out: video " Moscow 24 "
Olympic torch relay in Moscow 2013: route
On Monday, October 7, by 11:00, the torch should be delivered to Vasilyevsky Spusk, where the Moscow mayor will meet him Sergey Sobyanin . Then, the torch bearers will carry the Olympic fire on the Vasilievsky St., the Moskva them. Gorky, transmits ITAR-TASS.
At 14:20 the intermediate holiday in Gorky Park will begin, and then the Olympic flame will be carried along the route: TsPKiO them. Gorky, Pushkinskaya, Andreevskaya and Vorobyevskaya Embankments, Vorobyevskoye Highway, Mosfilmovskaya Street, Universitetsky Avenue, University Square (Moscow State University).
From Moscow State University, torchbearers will go to Universitetsky Avenue, then to Lebedeva Street, Lomonosovsky Prospect (understudy), Mendeleevskaya Street, Universitetsky and Michurinsky Avenue, Kosygin Street, Observation Point of Moscow State University. Lomonosov, the agency said.
On the Sparrow Hills, after that, events must be held as part of the International Festival of Light.
Traffic overlap in Moscow on October 7-8, 2013 in connection with the Olympics
Because of the Olympic torch relay, which is taking place in Moscow these days, the traffic pattern will change. From midnight on October 7, traffic along Yakimanskaya and Kadashevskaya embankments is limited, from 7:30 am along Kosygin street from Vernadsky avenue to Michurinsky.
From 11:30 the movement will be restricted along the Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge from the side of Bolotnaya Square, from 11:30 along the Kremlin, Moskvoretsky, Krasnokholmskaya, Goncharnaya, Krutitskaya Embankments, from 12:20 along Shluzovaya, Kosmodamianskaya, Sofia Embankments, Faleevsky Lane and Bolotnaya Square, 13:40 on Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge from Bolotnaya Square and Lubochny Proezd, from 16:10 along Vorobevskoye Highway from the Third Transport Ring and Mosfilmovskaya Street (from Lomonosovsky Prospect to Kosygin Street), from 16:40 along Universitetsky Avenue, Mendeleev Street, Lebedev Street, Duplicate Lomonoso Vsky prospect, Michurinsky Avenue / from University Avenue to Kosygin Street), from 19:00 on Kosygin Street (from Gagarinskaya Square to Vernadsky Avenue).
In the Olympic torch relay will participate 14 thousand torchbearers and about 30 thousand volunteers. It will end on February 7, 2014 in Sochi, where the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympics will be held.
The Olympic flame arrived in Moscow. Video: Reuters
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