Roman Kostomarov, Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin to open a new exposition of the Alley of Glory at VDNH
The Alley
of Glory, dedicated to famous Russian athletes and their achievements, will be
enriched with an exposition on winter sports: skiing, biathlon, freestyle, ski
jumping, snowboarding, speed skating, figure skating and curling.
Figure
skating stars Evgeni Plushenko and Alexei Yagudin are expected to take part in
the opening ceremony.
The Alleyof Glory is arranged by the "Knowledge" Society with the support of the Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation and the Russian Union of Martial Arts. Here you can see real gold medals that our compatriots won at international competitions.
Earlier, the opening ceremony of the exposition dedicated to martial arts and combat sports was held here. Alexander Karelin, Buvaisar Saitiev, Oleg Saitov, Vladislav Larin, Tagir Khaibulaev, Evgeny Mamro, Edgar Kolyan, Daria Tarasova, Islam Bochkaev, Andrey Kress, Olesya Gladkova, Artyom Vakhitov, Artyom Osipenko, Alan Karaev, Alexander Drozd visited the opening ceremony of the Alley of Glory to personally lay their main awards in the exposition.
The international forum brings together representatives from more than 40 countries and six international organisations.
