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last day of the Olympic torch relay in Karelia became a real challenge for the torchbearers

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Olonec rain greeted the Olympic flame. In one of the oldest cities in northern Russia today ended Karelian stage of the relay.

last day of the Olympic torch relay in Karelia became a real challenge for the torchbearers. Olonec met sleet and rain. The truth does not have to run through the snow and the puddles. The snow has melted.

Olonec – a small Karelian town. The population of 8,500 people. It seems all of them, despite the mud and rain, went out to meet the Olympic flame. Met families – many parents took children in the garden and do take time off from work.

relay kicked off from the music school. The first symbol of the upcoming Winter Games has carried Alain Kuleshov. Candidate for Master of Sport in polyathlon and zheleznodorozhnitsa.

Final sporting event was held at the city stadium. Decided to complete the non-traditional sports festival. Organizers until recently doubted a festival or not – the weather really did not have, and the main participants – children. But the city was preparing to meet the Olympic flame and a half years, so none of the small olonchan not refused to participate.

And tomorrow the Olympic flame will arrive in Veliky Novgorod. He was met at the Rurik mound.