07/02/2014 Newsround


07/02/2014

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Happy Friday guys, Ayshah here with a sport-filled Newsround. Coming up:

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More misery for Moyes as his captain says goodbye. And get ready for

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slopes, skating and snowboards. This is Newsround.

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First up, the seaside resort of Sochi in Russia is putting together

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the final preparations ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the 22nd Winter

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Games which takes place this afternoon. There will be 98 gold

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medals won over 16 days of competition, with nearly 3,000

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athletes from 87 National Olympic Committees competing. Speed skater,

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Jon Eley, will fly the flag for Britain during the opening ceremony

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which starts at 4:15pm our time. The Games haven't come cheap though,

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costing a mighty ?30 billion - more than the combined total of all other

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Olympic Winter Games that have ever been held. The BBC's Daniel Sandford

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sent us this ahead of the opening ceremony.

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Athletes are looking very relaxed and focused on their sport. No sport

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today, all the focus on the opening ceremony which has promised to be a

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spectacular year of Russian history. Most of the details are a secret but

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we know it will be an historical journey through Russia and an

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expensive spectacular. So much money was spent altering the stadium just

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for the opening ceremony. Team GB's Chemmy Alcott is one of 56

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athletes chosen to represent our country at The Games. She's broken

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her leg three times and got a metal plate holding it together. But

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that's not enough to stop the Alpine ski racer heading to her fourth

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Winter Olympics, as Leah found out. Chemmy Alcott of Great Britain. How

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amazing is this, taking part in another Winter Olympics? I was

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excited at my first and now I am on my fourth. I am still excited

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because it has been a struggle. How have you been preparing? Five months

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ago I got surgery on my leg and then I was named in the team. I have got

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to get self a leaf back in my body. What is the mood like in the team? I

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have never been part of a team with so much excitement around it. Every

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Olympics there has been one person who might bring back a medal, this

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time there are seven athletes in seven sports who are world-class.

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What is it like when you are about to race, what goes through your

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mind? Are you focused or are you blind? When I am too focused and

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really focused on what I am going to do and how I am going to do it, I

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inhibit my performance. I have to relax and enjoy the moment. Chemmy

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Alcott skis into Silver medal position. What advice would you give

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to children watching who find what you do really cool? It is really

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cool, you can control how well you do. There are a lot of things out of

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your control in this life, but when you are skiing you choose how fast

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you go. Who should we look out for? James Woods in the freestyle, he is

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a fresh -- breath of fresh air. Elise Christie. It is endless. We

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have got a good chance? Yes, we do. Are you excited? I am very excited.

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Best of luck for the competition. We've also gone Winter Olympics

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crazy over on the website. Head over there after your jam on toast to

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check out Newsround's ultimate guide to Sochi. Find out who could be

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getting a medal for Team GB, and we tell you the five Winter Olympic

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sports you cannot afford to miss. In other sport news, Manchester

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United captain, Nemanja Vidic, has announced that he's leaving the club

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at the end of the season. The defender won't be staying in England

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though and has told the club that United are the only team in the

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Premier League he'll play for. That's all for now but I'll leave

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you with just a little taste of what you can look forward to in Sochi

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over the next few weeks. I'm so excited. We are back in the

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afternoon.

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