Vladivostok holds int'l ice orienteering competition

STORY: Vladivostok holds int'l ice orienteering competition DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: VLADIVOSTOK, Russia CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the opening ceremony of the ice orienteering competition 2. various of the competition 3. various of the underwater scenes (credit: the organizer) 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): EVGENY POLUKHIN, Organizer 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG HONGDA, Chinese diver STORYLINE: Vladivostok, a city in the Russian Far East, held the 9th Ice Orienteering Competition on Saturday. According to the rule of the competition, divers should start from the ice cave at the starting point, dive into the water, and find the buoy placed in other ice caves in the distance, and then return to the starting point. More than 20 divers from all over Russia as well as Egypt, Cyprus and China took part in this extremely challenging competition. SOUNDBITE 1 (Russian): EVGENY POLUKHIN, Organizer "This is already the ninth year for this competition, but the first time that a

Ukrainian Paralympic gold medalists cover medals on podium

Ukrainian Paralympic gold medalists cover medals on podium

SOCHI, Russia - Ukrainian skier Vitaliy Lukyanenko (far R) and his guide (2nd from R) cover their gold medals with their hands at a ceremony for the 7.5-kilometer men's biathlon competition for the visually impaired at the Sochi Winter Paralympics on March 9, 2014. On the left are Russia's Nikolay Polukhin and his guide, who were runners-up in the race held the previous day.