Thursday, July 26, 2012

Medvedev will head an official delegation of the Russian Federation at the opening of Olympic Games

Medvedev will head an official delegation of the Russian Federation at the opening of Olympic GamesRussian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev takes off on Friday in London, where he headed the Russian delegation at the opening of XXX Summer Olympics, as well as the reception of Queen Elizabeth II in honor of the Heads of State and Government will meet with British Prime Minister David Cameron, the press service government.
2012 Olympics will be held in the capital of Great Britain from July 27 to August 12. The competition will be attended by more than 10.5 thousand athletes from 205 countries around the world. Results will be played 302 sets of medals in 37 sports. The total number of the Russian delegation at the Games will be about 800 people.
"Medvedev will visit the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, where he headed the Russian official delegation at the Summer Olympics in 2012. Dmitry Medvedev will take part in the reception on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II in honor of the Heads of State and Government, during which he will be working contact with British Prime Minister David Cameron. In the second day in London, Prime Minister will meet with the Russian national team athletes and attend the match Russia-England women's volleyball, "- said in a statement the government.
As reported previously a government source, the Russian side, attended the opening of the London Summer Olympics - is "an absolute imperative duty, as we will, in fact, learn from the British torch."
"The next Olympics, however, winter, will be with us, and we need as future owners, to demonstrate attention to the Olympic movement and, if possible, look at this event directly from London," - said the White House.
XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi will be held 7-23 February 2014. During the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee in July 2007, this Russian city was chosen as the capital for the Olympics. Russia will host the first Winter Games.
Last week, Medvedev at a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, after hearing the report of his deputy, Dmitry Kozak, the Russian national team to prepare for the upcoming Olympic Games and plans of the "Russian house" in London, advised the Russian Olympic team athletes engaged in training, and "fooling" around London before the end of the competition in their disciplines.
Kozak said that after the event is usually held honoring the athletes who took the prizes. Prime Minister agreed that "after the event has the right to go anywhere," but, he says, "the main thing that it is up to the competition never hung out." Kozak has promised to handle this issue.
It is assumed that the Olympics will visit Russian President Vladimir Putin. It will be a private visit, the President intends to visit the competition of judo.
"The trip - private in form, but by the content, of course, more broadly, because we will show respect for the Olympic movement, and how future owners want to enlist the support of all our colleagues who will be there. And there is quite a different interval of the presentation layer of various foreign delegations, "- said the source.
As noted in the release of the government press service, Russian Olympic team includes 804 people, of which 436 athletes and 368 - the official replacement, the heads of delegations, coaches, doctors, masseurs, etc. The average age of the team - 26.5 years, the youngest Member - 15 years and 5 months (swimming), while the age - 51 years (equestrian). The team 228 women and 208 men. The Russian delegation is represented by 63 subjects of the Russian Federation.
Among the Russian athletes - 163 Honored Master of Sports of Russia and 177 masters of sports of international class Russia, 48, reigning champions of the world (including team sports), 16 - Olympic champions in 2008.
In a four-time Olympic team Olympic champion (Anastasia Davydova, synchronized swimming), four two-time Olympic champion (Andrey Moiseev - modern pentathlon, Yelena Isinbayeva - athletics, Maria Gromova and Elvira Hasyanova - synchronized swimming), 19 Olympic champions.
As noted in the press service for the first time after the "Olympic 80" Russia will make a direct national television signals Olympics. The webcast will be complemented by an exclusive statistical information received from the coaching staff of the Russian teams in real time. Display the national signal events in volleyball at the London Games will be one of the main stages of preparation for national broadcast television signal at the competitions in the Olympic Sochi.
Bearer of the Russian national team at the Games will be four-time Grand Slam winner, Honored Master of Sports of Russia Maria Sharapova, was added in the press-service.

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