South Korea: Germany celebrates after shock hockey win over Canada
2018-02-24 00:09
The German men's ice hockey team made Olympic history on Friday after defeating the Canada 4:3.
Some disappointed Canadian fans commented: «We just dug ourselves way too big of a hole to get out of, and it's a shame, but congratulations to Germany, they worked damn hard.»
David Wolf, one of the German hockey players, spoke proudly about his team's performance through the tournament, and spoke about the upcoming match against the Russians: «I think everything is doable, we will give our best, and we already have a medal and that is a huge thing for our country and we are very happy about that»
The German team has never before made it to an Olympic final, and having already secured the Silver Medal this is the best showing the German men's team has ever made. They will face the Olympic Athletes from Russia team for the Gold Medal game on February 25.
South Korea: Look who turned up for the Olympic closing ceremony
2018-02-24 00:23
SOT, Trump impersonator (Englsih) «Well, we're in Korea, I guess you can sit up front. Do they have a kiddie chair up there for you?»
SOT, Donal Trump impersonator (English): «Well, I'm going to put a sanction on that. I'm going to sanction, sanction. No way.»
SOT, Kim Jong-un impersonator (English): «Oh come on, don't be a hard ass. The Russians are nice people.»
SOT, Donal Trump impersonator (English): «Well, I want to go to the Russia House. I want to thank somebody for the election. I don't know how they did it but I want to thank somebody over there.»
SOT, Kim Jong-un impersonator (English): «Exactly. So just lift the sanctions and get on with life.»
SOT, Donald Trump impersonator (English): «You sanction, I'll go there. You sanction.»
Onlookers were left stunned in Pyeongchang on Friday when it looked like US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had made a surprise visit for the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.
The two provoked surprise and amazement as they walked around, stopping for beers at the Czech House and trying their hands at hockey along the way.
The odd couple initially tried to gain entry to Canada’s hospitality house — to be turned away. The Czech House opened their doors to them, with beer and photos galore.
«Trump» (real name: Denis Allen) and «Kim» (real name: Howard) seemed to be the best of pals, although «Trump» still insisted his button was bigger.
South Korea: IOC decision on Russia ban expected Sunday
2018-02-24 10:57
International Olympic Committee spokesperson Mark Adams confirmed Saturday that a decision made by the IOC Executive Board on the lifting of the Russian Olympic Committee from the Olympic Games is to be discussed during the IOC member session scheduled for Sunday morning.
Adams explained that even though the recommendation of the panel led by board member Nicole Hoevertsz was due to be discussed and decided upon this afternoon by the Executive Board of the IOC, any outcomes would still be taken to Sunday’s session before a decision is publicly announced.
The IOC spokesperson also took the time to comment on an announced boycott from US biathlon team to the Biathlon World Cup due to be held in Russia, saying that “boycotts achieve very little”.
South Korea: 'Don't need caviar every day,’ jokes President on NHL players absence
2018-02-24 11:05
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) President Rene Fasel said «you don't need caviar every day» when discussing the absence of players from National Hockey League (NHL) from the 2018 Winter Olympics during a press conference in PyeongChang on Saturday.
«I mean, you can also live with leberkaese [liver cheese] and weisswurst [white sausage]. And yesterday was a day like this,» he continued.
«So the emotions, I think this is the most important part, for sure. I have to be honest. I miss the NHL here. But what can we do. We have to do the best we can do and promote the game of hockey, and yesterday the German — Canada game was something very unique and special.»
Мама — олимпийский чемпион
2018-02-24 11:58
Американские лыжницы Киккан Рэндалл и Джесси Диггинс завоевали золотые медали на Олимпиаде в Пхенчхане в спринте на беговых лыжах -впервые за последние 42 года.
South Korea: IOC discuss Russian athletes ban removal
2018-02-24 12:08
Members of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) met in Pyeongchang on Saturday to decide whether to lift its ban from the Russian National Olympic Committee.
Opening the meeting, IOC President Thomas Bach announced that the Executive Board would discuss preparations of the IOC session, which is due to take place at the IBC on Sunday, as well as 'the issue of the OAR' [Olympic Athletes from Russia delegation at the 23rd Winter Olympic Games].
In this regard, members of the board were expected to hear the report, prepared by Nicole Hoevertsz, chair of the IOC panel, responsible for defining Russia's participation at the Closing Ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics under the national flag.
Previously it was confirmed that the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) had fulfilled one of the pre-conditions for the admission back to the Olympic family — it transferred a $15 million (€12 million) as fine, imposed on it as part of the sanction for the so-called state backed manipulation of the anti-doping system at the Sochi 2014 Games.
The Delegation of the Olympic Athletes from Russia is hoping that the ban could be lifted by Sunday afternoon so that Russian Olympians could participate in the closing parade with their national flag on Sunday evening.
The decision will be made in the light of two recent doping cases that were filed during the Olympic Games in South Korea. Curler Alexander Krushelnitsky was stripped of his mixed doubles bronze medal for taking the restricted meldonium and bobsleigh pilot Nadezhda Sergeyeva failed her test for trimetazidine.
Григорий Родченков устроил «маски-шоу» для «Би-Би-Си»
2018-02-24 13:43
Скандально известный доктор Родченков продолжает раздавать интервью, не забывая при этом рассказывать, что за ним охотятся спецслужбы, а сам он боится за свою жизнь. К сотрудникам «Би-Би-Си» экс-глава РУСАДА вышел в балаклаве и темных очках.
South Korea: 1.14 million attend Pyeonchang breaking Olympic record
2018-02-24 14:04
South Korea: Pyeonchang 2018 most watched Winter Olympics in history, says Organising Committee President
President of the Pyeongchang Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (POCOG) Lee Hee-beom has said during a press conference on Saturday that the Pyeongchang 2018 Games were the most attended in the history of Winter Olympics, breaking the threshold of the one million spectators.
According to preliminary numbers presented by the President during the briefing, a total of 1.14 million paying spectators were registered as of yesterday.
The President, who made the remarks at a briefing with the press at the games’ Main Press Centre, also commented on the historical Unified Korean delegation, saying that he hoped to see the ‘Olympic Peace’ carry on to Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2020 Olympics.
Биатлонисты США и Чехии объявили о бойкоте Кубка мира в России
2018-02-24 15:45
Федерация биатлона США объявила о бойкоте Кубка мира сезона 2017–2018 годов, который пройдет в Тюмени в марте. Об этом говорится в официальном твиттере организации.
В заявлении, в частности, отмечается, что Россия по-прежнему не соответствует кодексу Всемирного антидопингового агентства, а приезжающим в страну спортсменам грозит опасность. Федерация биатлона США также назвала неприемлемым решение Международного союза биатлонистов проводить Кубок мира в Тюмени.
О своем отказе от участия в этапе Кубка мира в Тюмени заявила и сборная Чехии. О решении команды объявил глава чешской спортивной федерации Иржи Хамза. По его словам, таким образом сборная Чехии по биатлону подтвердит свое неприятие употребления допинга российскими спортсменами.
Fearless veteran! Adrenaline junkie Babushka flies high in air tube
2018-02-24 16:36
SOT, reporter (Russian): «What is it like up there?»
SOT, Maria Koltakova, 95-year-old skydiver (Russian): «Excellent.»
SOT, reporter (Russian): «How does it feel?»
SOT, Maria Koltakova, 95-year-old skydiver (Russian): «Like on a plane.»
SOT, reporter (Russian): «How does it feel?»
SOT, Maria Koltakova, 95-year-old skydiver (Russian): «It feels very good, a top-of-the-world feeling. It was not scary.»
SOT, reporter (Russian): «Are you going to set it?»
SOT, Maria Koltakova, 95-year-old skydiver (Russian): «Yes.»
Ninety-five-year-old Maria Koltakova, known as 'Iron Granny', performed her first air tube flight on Russia's Defender of Fatherland day on February 23th, as seen in footage filmed in Moscow.
«I have even asked [to fly] for the second time and to fly even higher. It was amazing,» — the Adrenaline-seeking grandmother said after her first air tube experience.
She gained popularity after having set a string of incredible records such as a first-time parachute jump at the age of 93 thus becoming Russia's oldest skydiver. «Last time I jumped on September 13th in 2017in Crimea, on the Klemetiev Mountain. It is 4200m,» the fearless old woman told journalists.
Apart from parachute jumps, the veteran's track record can boast of a flight on a hang glider, on a balloon, scuba diving, carting and etc.
Brave Maria Koltakova is determined to move forward telling about her goal to set a new record which surpasses nine flights. «I agree to pursue a record,» — she pointed out.
Maria Koltakova is a veteran of the Second World War, participant of the legendary Battle of Kursk and the liberation operation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, was presented 46 awards among which the medal of Honour for having carried 27 injured soldiers away from the battlefield.
South Korea: 'Russian athletes fulfilled IOC conditions' — Pozdnyakov
2018-02-24 17:41
Head of the delegation of Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) Stanislav Pozdnyakov and silver medallist in women's single figure skating Evgenia Medvedeva announced that they attended a meeting with the International Olympic Committee's Executive Board regarding anti-doping IOC conditions, speaking from PyeongChang on Saturday.
«We firmly believe that we have completely fulfilled the IOC conditions,» Stanislav Pozdnyakov announced.
The chief of the Russian delegation stressed out to the members of the IOC Executive Board that the anti-doping system in Russia 'had substantially reformed' and is open for collaboration between WADA and IOC.
Pozdnyakov said that he apologised to the IOC members for the two 'isolated incidents' of doping that emerged during the 2018 Olympics: Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky and bobsledder Nadezhda Sergeyeva
On her end, Medvedeva expressed her joy over the IOC invitation to the Olympics and her hope that Russian Olympics athletes would be able to march under their flag at the closing ceremony.
В Екатеринбурге состоялось открытие хоккейной «Каменск-Арены»
2018-02-24 19:10
Мужская часть Каменска-Уральского к своему празднику подарок получила масштабный. В городе отстроили новую ледовую арену. В ней есть каток, раздевалки и для зрителей поставили удобные кресла.
South Korea: Rival teammates Zagitova, Medvedeva reflect on their Olympic medal performances
2018-02-24 20:42
Russian golden and silver medalists Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva gave a joint press conference in PyeongChang on Saturday, where they shared their emotions from participation in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Medvedeva admitted that she felt more relaxed than from her performance at the «Europe Championship, World Championship and Grand Prix». She added that her main goal was «to leave skate field without the feeling of regret about anything and I succeeded in it.»
She also mentioned her and Zagitova's coach Eteri Tuberidze, saying that she «would never be broken-down by anything and anybody.»
«Despite all circumstances and anything that can ever happen, she goes with on the ice, and gives her soul to us and to our common, beloved work that we are doing every day,» Medvedeva said.
Speaking of the sparked popularity around new 15-year old Olympic champion, Zagitova said that she was pleased so many people are interested in her, but she tried to not focus on that and just continue her career. «This feeling is unexplainable, you see that there is an Olympic medal next to you,» said Zagitova.
«Мобильный репортер»: извержение вулкана, игры на экскаваторах и нераскрывшийся парашют
2018-02-25 01:58
На Суматре вулкан засыпал пеплом окрестные города и поселки. На Австралию обрушился тропический ливень. А в Норильске на сноуборде катаются в трусах и на трассе. В Великобритании два экскаватора играют в «крестики-нолики». В Стокгольме у бейсджампера не раскрылся парашют. Чудом обошлось без гибели экстремала. Дайвер из Польши избежал укуса мурены.
South Korea: IOC upholds Russian ban denying flag at closing ceremony
2018-02-25 05:54
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach announced the IOC decision to uphold its ban on Russia in the 2018 winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang on Sunday, thus denying the country to march in the closing ceremony under its flag.
The decision was contributed to two cases of doping committed by Russians athletes in the games, though according to Chair of the Olympic Athlete from Russia Implementation Group Nicole Hoevertsz «These ADRVs [Anti-Doping Rule Violations] were individual and isolated cases that did not show a pattern of systematic and organised doping activity.»
«The Implementation Group recommends lifting the Russian Olympic Committee's suspension once all results of the doping tests of the OAR [Olympic Athletes from Russia] athletes during the Olympic Winter Games of PyeongChang 2018 have been confirmed as negative,» she said.
The decision came hours before the closing ceremony.
