:00:00. > :00:13.Happy Friday guys, Ayshah here with a sport-filled Newsround. Coming up:
:00:14. > :00:16.More misery for Moyes as his captain says goodbye. And get ready for
:00:17. > :00:23.slopes, skating and snowboards. This is Newsround.
:00:24. > :00:26.First up, the seaside resort of Sochi in Russia is putting together
:00:27. > :00:29.the final preparations ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Winter
:00:30. > :00:35.Games which takes place this afternoon. There will be 98 gold
:00:36. > :00:37.medals won over 16 days of competition, with nearly 3,000
:00:38. > :00:44.athletes from 87 National Olympic Committees competing. Speed skater,
:00:45. > :00:47.Jon Eley, will fly the flag for Britain during the opening ceremony
:00:48. > :00:50.which starts at 4:15pm our time. The Games haven't come cheap though,
:00:51. > :00:53.costing a mighty ?30 billion - more than the combined total of all other
:00:54. > :01:02.Olympic Winter Games that have ever been held. The BBC's Daniel Sandford
:01:03. > :01:09.sent us this ahead of the opening ceremony.
:01:10. > :01:15.Athletes are looking very relaxed and focused on their sport. No sport
:01:16. > :01:21.today, all the focus on the opening ceremony which has promised to be a
:01:22. > :01:24.spectacular year of Russian history. Most of the details are a secret but
:01:25. > :01:31.we know it will be an historical journey through Russia and an
:01:32. > :01:33.expensive spectacular. So much money was spent altering the stadium just
:01:34. > :01:37.for the opening ceremony. Team GB's Chemmy Alcott is one of 56
:01:38. > :01:44.athletes chosen to represent our country at The Games. She's broken
:01:45. > :01:48.her leg three times and got a metal plate holding it together. But
:01:49. > :01:53.that's not enough to stop the Alpine ski racer heading to her fourth
:01:54. > :02:00.Winter Olympics, as Leah found out. Chemmy Alcott of Great Britain. How
:02:01. > :02:06.amazing is this, taking part in another Winter Olympics? I was
:02:07. > :02:10.excited at my first and now I am on my fourth. I am still excited
:02:11. > :02:17.because it has been a struggle. How have you been preparing? Five months
:02:18. > :02:22.ago I got surgery on my leg and then I was named in the team. I have got
:02:23. > :02:27.to get self a leaf back in my body. What is the mood like in the team? I
:02:28. > :02:34.have never been part of a team with so much excitement around it. Every
:02:35. > :02:37.Olympics there has been one person who might bring back a medal, this
:02:38. > :02:42.time there are seven athletes in seven sports who are world-class.
:02:43. > :02:45.What is it like when you are about to race, what goes through your
:02:46. > :02:53.mind? Are you focused or are you blind? When I am too focused and
:02:54. > :03:00.really focused on what I am going to do and how I am going to do it, I
:03:01. > :03:04.inhibit my performance. I have to relax and enjoy the moment. Chemmy
:03:05. > :03:11.Alcott skis into Silver medal position. What advice would you give
:03:12. > :03:17.to children watching who find what you do really cool? It is really
:03:18. > :03:23.cool, you can control how well you do. There are a lot of things out of
:03:24. > :03:28.your control in this life, but when you are skiing you choose how fast
:03:29. > :03:34.you go. Who should we look out for? James Woods in the freestyle, he is
:03:35. > :03:44.a fresh -- breath of fresh air. Elise Christie. It is endless. We
:03:45. > :03:51.have got a good chance? Yes, we do. Are you excited? I am very excited.
:03:52. > :03:54.Best of luck for the competition. We've also gone Winter Olympics
:03:55. > :03:59.crazy over on the website. Head over there after your jam on toast to
:04:00. > :04:02.check out Newsround's ultimate guide to Sochi. Find out who could be
:04:03. > :04:05.getting a medal for Team GB, and we tell you the five Winter Olympic
:04:06. > :04:08.sports you cannot afford to miss. In other sport news, Manchester
:04:09. > :04:11.United captain, Nemanja Vidic, has announced that he's leaving the club
:04:12. > :04:15.at the end of the season. The defender won't be staying in England
:04:16. > :04:19.though and has told the club that United are the only team in the
:04:20. > :04:23.Premier League he'll play for. That's all for now but I'll leave
:04:24. > :04:26.you with just a little taste of what you can look forward to in Sochi
:04:27. > :04:32.over the next few weeks. I'm so excited. We are back in the
:04:33. > :04:38.afternoon.