Olympic Flame at Ural Federal University

12:37, December 13, 2013

The final part of the Olympics torch relay in Ekaterinburg will take place at UrFU

The grand sport festival at the end of the final part of the Olympics torch relay will take place on December 14 at 19:30 on UrFU square. The organizers expect 200 participants and 3000 spectators. 

After the torch-bearers will set fire to the Olympic cauldron, the Governor of the Sverdlovsk region Evgeny Kuyvashev, representatives of the organizing committee and partners of Winter Olympic Games will take a word. The hymn of the torch relay will be performed by Olga Bragina, the participant of TV project “The Voice” and children vocal and dance group of Variety Theater.

Ural Federal University became a leader by the number of the torch-bearers. Nine university representatives will participate in the torch relay which will take place in Nizhny Tagil, Ekaterinburg and Kamensk-Uralsky. The students from Ural Federal University and its branches passed the preparation course in UrFU Volunteer Centre. The Rector of UrFU Victor Koksharov, the Minister of Physical Culture and Sport of Sverdlovsk Region and UrFU professor Leonid Rapoport, the head of municipal department of physical culture, sport and tourism development and UrFU professor Liudmila Fitina will also take part in the torch relay.

The location of UrFU building on Mira 19, the fact that the building is an architecture monument of federal importance and the fact that it hosts key events in the Urals such as National Cross Country Race, Viennese Music Film Festival, Universiade Fire Lighting and many others – all these proves that the choice of UrFU square for such an event wasn’t accidental.