The Russian luge team flew to Beijing on Friday, January 28, to participate in the 2022 Olympics. The athletes landed at the Capital Airport at 09:35 local time (04:35 Moscow time).
The team included Roman Repilov, Semyon Pavlichenko, Alexander Gorbatsevich, Victoria Demchenko, Ekaterina Katnikova, Tatyana Ivanova, as well as two crews of sledge-twos: Alexander Denisiev and Vladislav Antonov, Andrey Bogdanov and Yuri Prokhorov.
Earlier, all athletes successfully passed the last coronavirus test before departure and received the green QR codes required to enter China.
The day before, Russian biathlon, speed skating, women’s hockey and short track teams arrived in China.
The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has approved the composition of the team for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. The Olympic delegation of the national team includes 461 representatives, of which 212 athletes – 103 women and 109 men. The ROC noted that the issue of providing two additional quotas in the male mogul (freestyle) is currently being resolved. Therefore, there may still be single changes in the list of participants.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on December 31, 2021 that the Chinese authorities will do everything possible to “present the magnificent Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022 to the world.”
The Beijing Olympic Games will be held from 4 to 20 February.
Source: IZ
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