Sports battles in the arenas in Pyeongchang will begin in 4 days. On Friday, February 9 will be the most solemn event at the Olympics - the opening ceremony. Delegations of athletes from different countries will pass in front of numerous spectators in parade uniform and with a banner in their hands, but the IOC has deprived Russia of the opportunity to proudly carry its flag over its head. Domestic athletes should wave only the Olympic banner. However, the team and does not plan to boycott the opening of the Games. The Russian men's ice hockey team will definitely pass the parade.

They will arrive in South Korea only on February 11. In addition, the ceremony will not attend biathlon, figure skating, short track, curling, tobogganing and cross country skiing teams. Thus, the opening of the Olympics will ignore 78 athletes.

Proceeding from the fact that only 169 people flew to Pyeongchang, it turns out that only 91 sportsmen will go to the parade. In addition, there is no great desire to march under the flag of the IOC, reports "Sport-Express". The Russians are afraid that a crowd of thousands of fans at the stadium will boo them and shout out hard-hitting phrases. The big pressure on the national team is also exerted by its fans, who believe that the trip to South Korea is a manifestation of disregard for the country and participation in public humiliation. Athletes, of course, need to show high results to not only meet the expectations of fans, but also to prove to the world their superiority. For this purpose it is necessary to train intensively and at the same time leave strength for the final competitions. And how to do it, when during the opening ceremony, the participants expect to enter the stadium for at least three hours, having spent all this time on their feet. After that they will need a lot of time to spend on traffic jams to get to the Olympic Village. Such a day is exhausted even by the prepared organism, what to say about doctors and coaches, and in fact much depends on them. At the same time, WADA can not calm down and tries to catch the Russians on doping. Right before training hockey players from Russia were taken to the test. They held them for a very long time and, as a result, the training was broken. And it seems that such provocations in our direction are not over yet.