Half of the “Olympic athletes from Russia” will miss the opening ceremony of the Games

The opening ceremony of the Games in Pyeongchang will be attended by 70-75 people from the Olympic Athletes from Russia team. This is reported by the website of the ROC "Team of Russia".

Taking into account the fact that some athletes start the competition the very next day after the opening, and many have not yet arrived in Pyeongchang, 70-75 people from our delegation will take part in the ceremony: hockey team players, snowboarders, lugers, skiers and ski jumpers, representatives of freestyle, cross-country skiing, bobsleigh and skeleton, speed skaters.

Team Russia

• 169 Russian athletes will go to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Due to a doping scandal, they will compete under a neutral flag; at the award ceremonies, the Olympic anthem will be played instead of the Russian anthem. There will be no flag or coat of arms of Russia on the uniform of the athletes.
• The opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang will be held on February 9.