An Omega countdown clock has been set up in the park in front of the Sochi seaport. The 3,500 kg clock is 4.15 meters high and 4.408 meters long. The Swiss watchmaker, which has been the official timekeeper for the International Olympic Committee since 1932, designs a new clock for each Olympic event.
All national Olympic committees mark 1,000 days to the Olympic Games as a symbolic date. The “1,000 Good Deeds” marathon held in Russia on that day was aimed at uniting the country under the Olympic flag.
The original version of the Sochi-2014 hymn was performed by 1,000 people in the center of Tomsk (photo). The event involved general school and university students, faculties, government officials and four orchestras.
About 5,000 people, among them Olympic champions and school and university students, took part in the Star Relay event in Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg.
About 5,000 people, among them Olympic champions and school and university students, took part in the Star Relay event in Dvortsovaya Square in St. Petersburg.
The relay was followed by more extreme sports events. Photo: Repel rope jumping from the roof of the Atlantic City business center in St. Petersburg as part of the “1,000 days to the 2014 Olympic Games” event.
Gala concerts in Moscow and Sochi crowned the “1,000 Good Deeds” marathon.
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