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Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya is a legendary ballerina whose grace is still fascinating. Her main secret of success is self-discipline and daily hard work.
Maya grew up in a creative environment (was born on November 20, 1925 in Moscow) – my mother worked as an actress of a silent movie, an aunt and an uncle – ballet dancers. Perhaps this is why she was never afraid of displaying her talent in public — for the first time, those around her were able to “appreciate the talent” of a future great ballerina when she was only 3 years old. Continue reading
Bobsled
Bobsleigh is one of the winter Olympic (since 1924) sports, the aim of which is downhill racing along specially equipped ice channels on an elongated sleigh.
During the competition, each crew is provided with 4 arrivals with beans (bobsleigh sleigh). After that, the time of all attempts is summed up — the team with the lowest overall score becomes the winner. Continue reading
Kerling
Curling is the only Olympic sport in which athletes wear different shoes – the sole of the left shoe is made of nylon gliding on ice, and the right shoe is made of rubber (on the left-handed side, vice versa). Also included is a rubber overshoe.
Scotland is considered to be the birthplace of curling, because of the discovery of a stone with the engraving “Sterling 1511” there. This game has many other names – “Playing Roaring Stones”, “Rocks on Ice”, etc. Continue reading
