Beijing, Feb 21, Andrey Simonenko. Airplane with Russian athletes taking part in the Beijing Olympics, flew from the Chinese capital to Moscow with a delay of more than four hours. Initially, the departure was scheduled for 06:40 Moscow time, but the departure was postponed. According to one of the passengers of the flight, the reason for the delay was a large amount of luggage. On board, in particular, are the winner of three gold medals of the Games, skier Alexander Bolshunov, who carried the banner of the Russian Olympic Committee at the closing ceremony of the Olympics, Olympic champion in women's single skating Anna Shcherbakova, hockey players , who won the silver of the Olympics. «Golden flight» should land at the capital's Sheremetyevo airport after 19:00 Moscow time. The Beijing Olympics were held on February 4-20. The Russian team won 32 medals (six gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze) and placed ninth in the unofficial medal standings. In terms of the total number of awards, the Russians came second and showed the best result in the history of performances at the Winter Games.
