First Snow Falls in Sochi; Torch Relay Update

(ATR) The first snow has fallen in Sochi...The torch relay continues northeast of Moscow through Plyos and Kostroma.

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First Snowfall

With only 112 days left, the first snow is falling in Sochi.

Reports say it isn’t much, with only "dustings" hitting the ground at the venues due to host snow events, says a blog post on the PlanetSki website.

It also seems unlikely that much more snow will fall in the mountains this weekend. Forecasts for the Rosa Khutor resort show the lowest lows will be 36 degrees Fahrenheit, four degrees above freezing, and precipitation of no more than six-tenths of an inch.

Even if this weekend may have sparse snow, substantially more is likely to blanket the mountains between now and Feb. 7, the first day of the Olympics.

Torch Relay

The Sochi torch relay continues northeast of Moscow through Plyos and Kostroma on Friday.

16 torchbearers will carry the Olympic Flame through Plyos. The cityis situated on the right bank of the Volga River,approximately 70 kilometers northeast of Ivanovo; the Flame finished its tour in Ivanovo on Thursday.

The torch relay also made its way through Suzdal on Thursday. TaekwondochampionOlga Kosheleva carried the Olympic flame during a ceremony in Suzdal, which was the third city in the Vladimir region to welcome the torch relay.

The flame is also making the trek through Kostroma on Friday. Kostroma is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma rivers, just north of Plyos. Olympic cross country skierAlevtina Olyunina-Panarina is one of 68 torchbearers who will carry the Flame through the city.Central Kostroma is known for its radial layout. Russian historians say Catherine II was responsible for the layout of the city. During a visit to Kostroma, the empress asked local architects to build the city in the shape of a fan.

On Saturday, the torch relay will head250 kilometers northeast of Moscow toYaroslavl. Some 147 torchbearers will carry the Flame through the city. The first female cosmonaut,Valentina Tereshkova, worked at a factory inYaroslavl before her first flight into space.

The flame will travel northeast to Vologda on Sunday. 115 torchbearers will participate in this stage of the torch relay.

On October 27, the Flame will arrive in St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg is the capital of the Leningrad region and the former capital of Russia. 257 torchbearers, including Russian pair skaterElena Berezhnaya, track starNatalia Antyukh, and Russian footballerAleksandr Kerzhakov, will carry the flame through the city.St. Petersburg is the northernmost city in the world with a population of over one million.

Written by Ed Hula III and Nicole Bennett.

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