Unscramble the Blue Letters
Torch relay
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Torch relay
The torch relay lasted 123 days and measured over 64,000 kilometres (40,000 mi) in length, excluding Earth ______ in space. A total of 14,000 torch carriers took part in the relay. The Olympic _____ was taken to the Caucasus’ tallest peak — _____ Elbrus, lowered to the bottom of Lake ______, and visited the North ____ and the International Space Station. [47]
On 29 September 2013, the Olympic torch was lit in Ancient Olympia, beginning a seven-day journey across ______ and on to Russia, then the torch relay _______ at Moscow on 7 October 2013 before passing 83 _______ cities and arriving at Sochi on the day of the opening ________, 7 February 2014. [62] It is the longest torch relay in Olympic history, a 40,000-mile route that passes through all regions of the country, from Kaliningrad in the west to Chukotka in the east.
The Olympic torch reached the North Pole for first time via a nuclear-powered icebreaker (50 Let ______). The torch was also passed for the first time in space; the flame was carried on ______ Soyuz TMA-11M to the International Space Station (ISS), and the spacecraft itself was adorned with Olympic-themed livery, including the Games’ emblem. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey _________ ______ the _____ at the outlet of the ___. The torch ________ to Earth five days later on board Soyuz TMA-09M. [63] [64] The torch also reached the Europe’s highest mountain Mount ______, and even the depths of Siberia’s Lake Baikal. [65]
Solution
- ceremony
- flight
- returned
- elbrus
- iss
- mount
- torch
- orbits
- started
- pole
- ryazansky
- flame
- passed
- greece
- russian
- pobedy
- baikal
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Torch relay
The torch relay lasted 123 days and measured over 64,000 kilometres (40,000 mi) in length, excluding Earth orbits in space. A total of 14,000 torch carriers took part in the relay. The Olympic flame was taken to the Caucasus’ tallest peak — Mount Elbrus, lowered to the bottom of Lake Baikal, and visited the North Pole and the International Space Station. [47]
On 29 September 2013, the Olympic torch was lit in Ancient Olympia, beginning a seven-day journey across Greece and on to Russia, then the torch relay started at Moscow on 7 October 2013 before passing 83 Russian cities and arriving at Sochi on the day of the opening ceremony, 7 February 2014. [62] It is the longest torch relay in Olympic history, a 40,000-mile route that passes through all regions of the country, from Kaliningrad in the west to Chukotka in the east.
The Olympic torch reached the North Pole for first time via a nuclear-powered icebreaker (50 Let Pobedy). The torch was also passed for the first time in space; the flame was carried on flight Soyuz TMA-11M to the International Space Station (ISS), and the spacecraft itself was adorned with Olympic-themed livery, including the Games’ emblem. Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazansky passed the torch at the outlet of the ISS. The torch returned to Earth five days later on board Soyuz TMA-09M. [63] [64] The torch also reached the Europe’s highest mountain Mount Elbrus, and even the depths of Siberia’s Lake Baikal. [65]
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collocation | frequency |
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winter olympics | 42 |
sochi olympics | 17 |
olympic park | 12 |
krasnaya polyana | 12 |
dead link | 11 |
opening ceremony | 10 |
olympic games | 10 |
itar tass | 10 |
winter games | 9 |
russian railways | 9 |
olympic committee | 9 |
black sea | 9 |
human rights | 8 |
anti gay | 8 |
ski jumping | 7 |
ria novosti | 7 |
olympic venues | 7 |
torch relay | 6 |
summer olympics | 6 |
speed skating | 6 |
sochi olympic | 6 |
organizing committee | 6 |
ice hockey | 6 |
figure skating | 6 |
tass retrieved | 5 |
sochi games | 5 |
rosa khutor | 5 |
novosti retrieved | 5 |
mountain cluster | 5 |
international olympic | 5 |
fiber optic | 5 |
broadcast rights | 5 |
billion rubles | 5 |
united states | 4 |
railway station | 4 |
power supply | 4 |
olympic winter | 4 |
media center | 4 |
gay laws | 4 |
emergency situations | 4 |
cross country | 4 |
country skiing | 4 |
comnews ru | 4 |
олимпийских игр | 3 |
york times | 3 |
tunnel complex | 3 |
track speed | 3 |
times retrieved | 3 |
telegraph retrieved | 3 |
soyuz tma | 3 |
sochi winter | 3 |
sochi airport | 3 |
short track | 3 |
russian ministry | 3 |
russia today | 3 |
railway stations | 3 |
olympic torch | 3 |
olympic stadium | 3 |
olympic charter | 3 |
nordic combined | 3 |
network equipment | 3 |
national olympic | 3 |
medal table | 3 |
krasnodar krai | 3 |
insidethegames biz | 3 |
guardian retrieved | 3 |
gay law | 3 |
games due | 3 |
fisht olympic | 3 |
committee president | 3 |
coastal cluster | 3 |
billion cost | 3 |
alpine skiing | 3 |
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collocation | frequency |
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ria novosti retrieved | 5 |
itar tass retrieved | 5 |
international olympic committee | 5 |
olympic winter games | 4 |
cross country skiing | 4 |
anti gay laws | 4 |
track speed skating | 3 |
sochi olympic park | 3 |
short track speed | 3 |
fisht olympic stadium | 3 |
anti gay law | 3 |
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collocation | frequency |
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short track speed skating | 3 |
Important Words
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- torch
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