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XXIV Winter Olympic Games will officially begin in the capital of China on February 4, the opening ceremony will begin at 15:00 Moscow time.
The competitive program of the Games began on February 2 with a round robin double-mixed curling tournament. Also on February 3, the first qualification in the women’s and men’s mogul took place. On February 4, the women’s hockey tournament will begin, in which 10 teams will take part. On this day, the Russians will play with the Swiss, and the Danes with the Chinese. In addition, the figure skating team tournament will begin on Friday.
Russian athletes participate in the Games as a “team of the Russian Olympic Committee”, without a national flag. Instead of the Russian anthem, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto will be played at the awards ceremony.
At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics for the first time since 2014, when the Olympics were held in Sochi. The Russian president will hold talks in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and then attend the opening of the Winter Games.
Source: Rosbalt
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