Decorations craved by athletes all over the globe - medals for the 2014 Sochi Olympics - have been unveiled in St. Petersburg. For the Games due to start in 251 days, a record-breaking number of 1,300 medals were produced.
The medals represent a combination of metal surface, patchwork designs, and a transparent pattern representing the icy slopes of the Caucasus Mountains.
They were presented by Russian Olympic skating champion Svetlana Zhurova, who stressed how vital a medal is for sporting professionals.
"For any athlete an Olympic medal is a precious gift which will stay with him or her throughout the years. The athlete may hide it in a secret place, but when you take it and look at it -- you remember the victorious moments. I look at this Sochi-2014 medal here and understand that nobody will ever doubt the fact that this medal was won in Russia. All the codes, patterns of Russian tradition have been encrypted into this medal. There is ice and flight in this medal..."
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Decorations craved by athletes all over the globe - medals for the 2014 Sochi Olympics - have been unveiled in St. Petersburg. For the Games due to start in 251 days, a record-breaking number of 1,300 medals were produced.
The medals represent a combination of metal surface, patchwork designs, and a transparent pattern representing the icy slopes of the Caucasus Mountains.
They were presented by Russian Olympic skating champion Svetlana Zhurova, who stressed how vital a medal is for sporting professionals.
"For any athlete an Olympic medal is a precious gift which will stay with him or her throughout the years. The athlete may hide it in a secret place, but when you take it and look at it -- you remember the victorious moments. I look at this Sochi-2014 medal here and understand that nobody will ever doubt the fact that this medal was won in Russia. All the codes, patterns of Russian tradition have been encrypted into this medal. There is ice and flight in this medal..."
http://on.rt.com/hq4zma
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