tv Documentary RT February 24, 2013 9:28pm-10:00pm EST
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a cutting edge winter sports complex all over russia in fact in the final countdown is on not so little reminders were placed in a smattering of the country cities announcing that the next winter olympics are fast approaching and that it's time for the final push. and adding fuel to the nations a lympics mad fire was the recent unveiling of official uniforms and torch for the run up to the games really the torch is meant to resemble a feather as well as conjure up the image of a firebird or phoenix from russian folklore the torture edition began at the one nine hundred thirty six olympics has been kept alive in every one since the initial iterations are relatively simple each host country has tried to imbue the torch was something special from the nation itself. the flame carrier for the one nine hundred sixty games in the us was designed by disney engineer. a little hummer torch was aerodynamic enough to allow it to be delivered by a ski jump. the torch is even being transmitted by
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a satellite that was transported underwater at the great barrier reef before the two thousand sydney games. winter olympics in vancouver the torch was built by plane and train maker that year. the ninety five centimeter tall torch has been specially designed but the center of gravity. of the shape the body is made of aluminum and weighs a total of one point eight kilograms the flame is powered by propane tucked inside the system for which it was designed by a rocket engine maker machinist only plant given the stakes designers and engineers want to make sure everything works exactly as it should. first of all the torch has to stay late under any condition and it must like immediately it has to function. in temperatures lower than forty five degrees below zero it has to work properly whether there is wind blowing from the left. behind from the front. it has to work
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in the rain or any other whether. the torch has to function in. where there is low pressure which is important but in my limited number of torches it will be produced especially for this purpose. the torch can be used to light the cauldron in sochi next year it's got quite a busy travel schedule ahead of it it will make its way all over russia carried by many of the country's biggest and brightest personalities the list of those carrying will likely include some. sidelines as their cold weather compatriots carries the national banner into competition. the torch will be lit and flown over to moscow from there it will be taken on a whirlwind one hundred twenty three day tour around russia is slated to pastor nearly three thousand cities and to cover around sixty five thousand kilometers in the process. but told.
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looking to. help some twenty thousand fans of their high altitude destination each hour. only heavy machinery and supplies are being tugged up and down the line. by the time two thousand and fourteen rolls around new electric along at speeds up to one hundred sixty kilometers an hour thirty minutes from bottom to top it's your high speed ticket all of the olympic projects under expert review to make sure that they don't unnecessarily threaten the environment or spectators. off in the distance russian technology is being used for that very purpose. the longest track in the world. the whole of russia. it was built from the ground. to make sure everything is working smoothly in
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anticipation of the world's attention the technology required to create such breathtaking. giving ice at just the right temperature and consistency is a major part of the task. may be brand new so far the results speak for themselves. i like the track the ice is getting better every day is becoming. i think the track was designed properly. in the case. of the course is really priority number one. three inclined to help keep over the top speed. keep an eye on the potentially dangerous chemicals used to make the track traditionally ammonia and freon have been the two main ways to keep big things cool refrigerants have always been valued for the relatively low cost as well as better cooling that's been balanced against their overpowering smell and serious toxicity free on. on the other hand.
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which actually may make three weeks more difficult to spot. and recent decades destroying qualities have become better known a major reason. to the. freon doesn't have any kind of smell. it's quite a heavy gas and in case of major leaks it settles down to the ground. out. there so if they enter a room with a freon leak they can experience oxygen deficiency which may result in poisoning or even death. does it use the dangerous freon. pumping throughout. the company responsible for producing.
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depending on the concentration of whole sections of the piping can be closed off. the system it would take fifteen to sixty minutes for information about emergencies to reach those who needed it at times it was even covered up now it's impossible to conceal this kind of data. the company actually develops and produces a wide array of different detecting sensors they run the gamut from electro chemical catalytic to acoustic the heart they all have fast acting technology through calibration and testing here at. the ready to be plugged in for round the clock contamination monetary. to magically it's constantly running constantly doing what it's supposed to. the case of an emergency within forty seconds. transmitted to trigger the warning system and allows the necessary measures to be taken it all happens very quickly.
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all the data from such sensors. to local and federal branches of the country's emergency services ministry potentially harmful chemicals are used information from the connected. stations like this. and another pair of. monitors failed to spot a problem those federal watchdog should be able to react in real time. to record breaking feats. where the ongoing construction and coming influx of sports mad the region's power grid was in need of much. louder. transmission. substation was built in two thousand using techniques. construction on the surrounding area. for all the other substations popping up in
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the area after it given the sometimes twenty degrees below zero temps engineers house and much of the machinery behind closed doors. including the federal grid company has increased the number of substations many times over the. transformers are already hooked in and deliver the right voltage to the mountain venue sites while under construction is said to be ready for action this march at the same time six more have been built provide the juice to the coastal. and surrounding areas. existing substations have been updated to ensure the lights don't go out on the olympics. over the past few years. constant. projects have been completed and. the. safe.
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it's almost hard road to top for any of the sun here in russia i have added an experimental exercise already and we training regimen. it seems cruel but despite all the hard work blood sweat and tears the majority of aspiring athletes will never reach these peaks of professional sport with that in mind researchers working with the university of physical culture and sport in moscow are looking to harness the latest technology to get aspiring athletes over that hump is potentially dangerous and illegal doping isn't an option the new secret to success may lie in element ever present in the air we breathe but long over looked. was discovered over one hundred years ago by sir william ramsey and morse travers' a novel finding certainly practical applications for. the one nine hundred thirty
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s. when it found use in high speed flash photography and a bit later as an anesthetic an operations. high cost prevented it from being adopted more widely in medicine that all could be changing. thanks to work being carried out here at the institute of medical and biological problems xenon could be on the verge of a major revival. amongst the hyperbaric chambers where many of the country's divers and astronauts have gone through pressure chamber tests and training docs are taking a look at just what has to offer. in recent years what used to be observable favorable side effects of base and have become objects of inquiry in their own right. exactly how the gas interacts with receptors is still under study initial trials and experiments have shown that xenon and its neuroprotective properties can relieve stress. anxiety and even help addicts get over withdrawal symptoms. and if we talk about the production
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of xenon in russia there's no better place to look than a kellet in the business for over twenty years it ships its goods all over the globe company officials placed their market share but around one quarter of total demand. for most of their history though the company has primarily dealt with so-called technical xenon that is not for human ingestion but over the years as the gases and medical benefits have grown the demand for peers seen on has followed accordingly. other noble gases are all around us all of the time they just in such small quantities that getting our hands on them require sophisticated machinery and no small dose of know how as a result there's a very limited number of countries currently able to capture scene and then put it to use for humankind. you know or for me to portray it as all of those who are only in producers worldwide extracted from air but what if there are only five countries
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they produce it commercially the united states france germany russia and ukraine. is recovered as a byproduct of oxygen production it's large mental or physical factories for its plants special air separating machines single out oxygen and also generate as an encrypted mixture as a byproduct of the next of those to gases is then shipped to us for further finding which we manufacture is enough for medical purposes encrypt and mixture requires extra puti cation. the purity of these even they will produce is ninety nine point nine nine nine nine percent when i mean additionally we also limit the share of ten harmful impurities in the gas oh yes you are refining technology isn't paid indeed unique and allows us to remove all the. many calls. it can further be used for surgeries and all kinds of other treatments and. at the end of the process they get
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nearly ready to be sent on to clinics and hospitals under the brand name med at the moment is still rather expensive especially when compared with other and statics. proponents argue that when you take into account problems in complications associated with other knockout gases the prices come closer together before the medical xenon gets into the hands of a qualified doctor every batch is tested and checked for purity. requires them to control for six kinds of impurities they go the extra mile and control for a full ten as a result the level of impurities in the medical xenon produced here is around two to three times lower than regulators demand. every year we discover a new particular overusing xenon isn't an authentic as a result we're figuring out absolutely new ways to play. this is a truly unique medicine it is totally harmless to humans but at the same time it is
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still a very powerful and it can be used to treat just about any organ in the body depending on what the problem is with. medical xenon has many potential applications researchers here are specifically interested in how we can improve the performance of athletes they recently organize an experiment to lay the groundwork for future use in sports. to be a very strong stress protector. in other words in all cases involving stress whether it be acute of a chronic stress the best way to deal with it is small therapeutic doses of this substance and when we talk about spilled before competition and athletes needs to relax sleep well unimproved he's a her functional capacities with this experiment we're trying to see just how xenon can help. a group of
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athletes were given. a healthy. understand actually interacts with the organisms as well as working. into one's workout after taking in the. country in. fourteen. after the experiment. it was much easier for me to train i was able to recover much more quickly afterwards. during the test trainings at my ski club i
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posted the best results. this year. to get to. researchers hope that they've done their part to bring. this time next year. old to be used. it's going to be. hopefully they will be able to use it to help get. packed to the. not for any competition but to mark the start of the final countdown . performances as well as speeches by international sports chiefs and national
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