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The first medals will be awarded at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday

Russia (bbabo.net), - On February 5, the first six sets of medals will be played at the Winter Olympic Games that started in Beijing.

Champions will be determined in competitions in cross-country skiing, biathlon, speed skating, short track, ski jumping and freestyle. Russian athletes will take part in all events.

The first set of awards of the 2022 Games will be played in cross-country skiing. Women will start the skiathlon at 10.45 Moscow time. In this form, all our hopes are connected with Natalia Nepryaeva, Yulia Stupak, Tatyana Sorina and Anastasia Rygalina. will conduct a text online broadcast of this most interesting race.

The second type of the program, in which awards will be played, will be speed skating. At 11.30 the women will begin to determine the strongest at a distance of 3000 m. In this form, our country is represented by Evgenia Lalenkova and Natalia Voronina.

Also on Saturday will be the first race in biathlon. At 12.00 the start of the mixed relay will be given. The Russian team includes all the strongest - Uliana Nigmatullina, Kristina Reztsova, Alexander Loginov, Eduard Latypov. Follow the events of this relay in the online broadcast.

And 14.35 will begin the fight for awards "flying skiers". Irina Avvakumova, Alexandra Kustova, Sofia Tikhonova, Irma Makhinya represent our team in the women's ski jumping competition.

The winners in mogul (freestyle) will be determined, the final competition for men in which will begin at 15.40. Two Russians will compete in the competition - Nikita Novitsky and Nikita Andreev.

The last set of medals will be played in the mixed relay in short track.

In addition, the Russian women's team will play its second match at the hockey tournament. The rivals are the US team, one of the world leaders in women's hockey.

The fight for awards and lugers will begin, where we will worry about Roman Repilov and Semyon Pavlichenko.

The first medals will be awarded at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday