Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Torch Relay

Beijing time on June 25, 2013, according to foreign media reports, the Russian Space Agency officially announced on Monday that Russian astronauts will carry the Sochi Winter Olympics torch to the International Space Station in November 2013. and walking in outer space. This will also be the first time that the Olympic torch leaves the earth. This great feat will undoubtedly add a lot of color to the Sochi Winter Olympics in February 2014. There had been news before that the Russian Sochi Winter Olympics Organizing Committee planned to introduce the torch relay into space, and Roscosmos officially announced the news on Monday and introduced the details of the torch relay.

On Monday, Roscosmos Chairman Popovkin handed an Olympic torch to Leonov, the first cosmonaut to walk in space. The 79-year-old astronaut handed the torch to the spacecraft captain Tyulin, who will carry the torch into the International Space Station. In early November, the Olympic torch will be carried into the International Space Station by a manned spacecraft, and then taken into outer space by astronauts Kotov and Rezansky. After the space walk, it will be brought back to Earth by Yurchkin, another astronaut on the International Space Station.

It is reported that astronauts have begun targeted training and will test the subsequent safety of the torch entering the space capsule. However, due to safety reasons, the Olympic torch will not be lit. The design of the Sochi Winter Olympics torch was inspired by the "Immortal Firebird", but it repeatedly flamed out during the actual delivery.

Since the torch was lit in Moscow’s Red Square on October 6, 2013, it has been affecting people’s hearts. The only drawback is that the torch has been extinguished repeatedly during the delivery.

According to RIA Novosti, the torch went out on the first day of the torch relay. It went out automatically again the next day, and the staff had to use a lighter to light the torch.

When the torch was being passed on in Moscow, world breaststroke champion Kalapeqiang ran into the scene holding the torch high, and then the torch slowly went out. The staff came to the rescue with a lighter and tried twice before relighting the flame. During the next pass, Karapeqiang looked at the torch from time to time for fear that it would "go out" again.

Tass News Agency reported that Russian Sports Minister Mutko has made it clear that he will find relevant experts to solve the problem of the automatic flameout of the torch. According to the magazine "Arguments and Facts", the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee previously claimed on its official website that this kind of torch can burn in emergencies such as strong winds and frost. Dmitry Chernyshenko, chairman of the Russian Sochi Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said on the 20th that the Olympic flame has arrived in the North Pole on a nuclear-powered icebreaker.

The Olympic flame reaches the North Pole for the first time! On November 7, 2013 local time, Kazakhstan, the Soyuz spacecraft successfully launched into space. Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, Russian astronaut Mikhail Tyulin and American astronaut Rick Mastragio will carry out the Soyuz spacecraft mission to carry the Olympic flame to the International Space Station for the first time. After the "Soyuz" spacecraft arrives at the International Space Station, two Russian astronauts will go out to display the torch.

At 6:50 on November 11, 2013, Moscow time, the international astronauts carrying the Russian Sochi Winter Olympics torch arrived at the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan on a spacecraft. The Olympic torch successfully completed its journey in history. The first "journey into space". Dmitry Chernyshenko, chairman of the Russian 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, showed the public the emblem of the Winter Olympics that Russia will organize for the first time at a press conference in Moscow on December 01, 2009. The emblem is drawn with the colors of the Russian flag, with the Olympic rings and the 2014 logo below, and the slogan Gateway to the Future above. Chernyshenko pointed out that the Olympic Games emblem has not yet been fully designed and there will be changes and additions.

He said: "We searched for the unique style and image of the Sochi Winter Olympics. We designed the emblem, which has a lot of room for development. This is not a static plan, and it will be completed 5 years before the Olympics. In the middle of the year, we will also give you a surprise. We let our partners figure out for themselves what kind of filling should be used in the emblem.

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The emblem was jointly designed by the International Brand Group (Interbrand) and the expert committee established by the Olympic Organizing Committee. He said that the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics emblem is aimed at young people. Beijing time, September 2013 On the 25th, 500 days before the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, the organizing committee announced the theme slogan of this Winter Olympics: "Hot.Cool.Yours!" "

Dmitry Chernyshenko, chairman of the Sochi Winter Olympics Organizing Committee, said: "Russia has many things with strong contrasts. This is the slogan we want to emphasize. Although the climate is cold, we are enthusiastic. The Winter Olympics are held in winter, but Sochi is a southern city and you will feel a lot of contrast here, so we chose this slogan. "

In Russia, the interpretation of this slogan is slightly different: "Hot.Wintry.Yours!" "

"Hot" refers to the subtropical Black Sea resort of Sochi, with its palm trees, contrasting with the "Cool" alpine city. The mascot for the Sochi Winter Olympics was voted on by the Russian nation on the 26th At 23:20 Moscow time, "Fire Boy" and "Snow Girl" became the mascots of the Sochi Winter Paralympics. In a live broadcast on Channel 1, the host announced the final voting results. The snow leopard holding a skateboard, the white bear with a green scarf around its neck, and the rabbit who loves to sing and dance ranked first with 28, 18, and 16 votes respectively, becoming the 2014 It is reported that nearly 1 million Russian people participated in the vote by sending mobile phone text messages and calling the toll-free hotline.

Demi, chairman of the Sochi Winter Olympics Organizing Committee. Trichernushenko said that this is the first time in the history of the Olympic movement that a national vote has been held on a mascot. Based on the results of the vote, the organizing committee decided that the top three winners will become the mascots of the Winter Olympics.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has previously expressed his love for snow leopards. He said: "Snow leopards are very strong, move quickly, and are a combination of strength and beauty. "The snow leopard is one of the rarest and endangered cats in the world. Today it only grows in Russia in the Ussuriysk region of the Far East Primorye and other places.

September 01, 2010, The Sochi Winter Olympics Organizing Committee launched a nationwide mascot solicitation campaign. After the first three-month solicitation campaign, the review committee selected 11 designs from more than 24,000 designs received. Candidates for the mascots of the Sochi Winter Olympics. The 11 options are snow leopard, sun, snowflake, rabbit, dolphin, Santa Claus, matryoshka doll, etc. Front: The main venue of the Sochi Winter Olympics-can accommodate 40,000 people. "Fisht" Olympic Stadium and Sochi city buildings; various winter sports such as ice hockey, figure skating, and a firebird.

Back: Shows a winter snowboarder rising into the air. The heroic figure, with towering snow-capped mountains behind him; an aerial view of the Sochi Olympic Stadium, Bolshoi Ice Palace and other Olympic venues. Moscow, January 14, 2013, the organizing committee of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics announced on Monday. The style of the Winter Olympics torch.

This is a very stylish, futuristic, needle-shaped chrome-plated torch that weighs 1.8 kilograms and is nearly 1 meter long. The design of the torch is the same, but the color is different. The outer layer of the two is chrome-plated and is silver-gray, but the inner layer is divided into red and sky blue. The torch for the Winter Olympics is Russia's traditional and very dynamic red. It is sky blue, symbolizing the strength and spirit of disabled sports. Both torches feature a firebird, a magical bird in Slavic mythology for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. The project icon is inspired by typical Russian traditional clothing patterns, which vividly displays Russian national flavor clothing.

For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the icon design used the seal character structure as the basic form, combining the pictographic interest of ancient Chinese oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions and other characters with the simplified characteristics of modern graphics, embodying the essence and charm of traditional Chinese aesthetics.