MOSCOW, February 3, Pavel Levkovich. Two-time Olympic champion Boris Mayorov said, that he is pleased with the appointment of hockey player Vadim Shipachyov as the flag bearer of the Russian team at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing. The opening of the Games will take place on Friday. The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) chose skater Olga Fatkulina and Shipacheva as the flag bearers for the Russian delegation. «, or the day before. I myself played at two Olympics, I was a full-time witness to several, and this has never happened. Now the road is open, because everything will start only on February 9. I am glad that Shipachev became the standard bearer, now hockey players could become them on a par with representatives of other sports,» Mayorov said. The Olympic men's hockey tournament starts on February 9. The Russian national team, the current Olympic champion, will play in Group B with the Czechs, Swiss and Danes.
