r.t. . yet another of the big stories that continues to shape the week talking of which big one happening here in russia let's return to the main event we're covering here today the such a twenty fourteen winter olympics flame there's arrived in moscow a little earlier on all eyes are on red square in moscow the convoy of bikers way from eventually transporting the olympic torch has reached the russian capitals main square his skin off is there. a go to him he said i've been here very lovely while the band struck up earlier on we saw the bike is literally just around the corner i'm not sure if they were new yet when we got there i can see service right now and the flame itself isn't here particular on what square but there's a police helicopter was just appeared just a couple of minutes ago in the skies which means that basically it should arrive. at any possible minute if you say that there behind the quarter i guess that's very likely scores of people have gathered here waiting for the olympic torch it's being

flame rather is being delivered in these spots several lanterns being escorted by the united wharves as you've said earlier one of the most well known biker gangs in the country for also involved in lots of charity projects many of them are well known businessmen doctors and lots of them are athletes they say for them this was a great honor to take part in this historic event the president is going to appear here on red square all a bit later on lots of music and dance performances some of the musical performances have already began by these military orchestras here but really it's the olympic flame everyone's gathered here to see officially the really is going to start to morrow on monday is going to be the longest one in the history of the olympic games is going to be held for over one hundred twenty days but before it arrives at its final destination the olympic city of sochi it's going to be taking a really through the entire country three thousand nine hundred. and towns is going

to be taken on top of the highest mountains like the l a bruce and the biggest lakes down on the bottom of lake baikal even is going to be taken on to the international space station and is going to be taken outside into open space so truly an historic event for russia and possibly for the history of the olympic games themselves fourteen thousand people are going to take part in the olympic torch relay is going to be transported pretty much by all the possible transportation means including a hot air balloon dogs ledges reindeer sledges camels even and space rockets but for now like i said at any moment the torch or the flame rather should arrive here to the very heart of the russian capital is pretty very good day for those night was a lot of p.r. this of may go because while we're waiting i can tell you when we saw the pictures just now it's support of many buses scored by those twenty but those two hundred bikers you see that have

a lantern there the dignitaries and the many persons to keep your eyes peeled for that i gather we're going to not stay with you are we doing we're going to stay with it and see the flame or go to something else we'll go to something else. so the olympic flame on its way to red square we will be the bring it coverage when it arrives shortly we'll go back to it will be there in a couple of minutes or so next a special technology update for you or more the technology that's been used in sochi the state of. it's almost hard row to retire any actually the sun here in russia i have added an experimental exercise enough already and we've received 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 a woman ever present in the air we breathe but long over looked. it was discovered over one hundred years ago by sir william ramsey and morse travers' a novel finding certainly but practical applications for it were fleeting until the one nine hundred thirty s. when it found use in high speed flash photography and a bit later as an anesthetic in operations however it is prohibited the high cost prevented it from being adopted by the 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 xenon has to offer. in recent years what used to just be observable favorable side effects of xenon base and has 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 of xenon in russia there's no better place to look than a color 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 older peers seen on has followed accordingly. was seen on another 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 if for me to portray it as all of us who are all human producers worldwide if we extract it from air but what if there are only five countries that produce it commercially like the united states france germany russia and ukraine. is recovered as a byproduct of oxygen production it's large mental or physical factories got its plants special air separating machines single out oxygen and also generate is even cooked a next year as

a byproduct of the next of those to gases is then shipped to us before they were fighting which we manufacture xenon for medical purposes on the encrypted mixture requires extra puti cation. the purity of the z. and they will produce is ninety nine point nine nine nine nine percent or one that you know additionally we also limit the share of harmful impurities in the gas oh yes you are refining is unpaid indeed. and allows us to remove all these impurities in pure medical. it can further be used to pursue juries and all kinds of other treatments and. at the end of the process the xenon they get is bottle and 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 but 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 to control for a full tin 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 new particularly using xenon as in an authentic as a result we're figuring out absolutely new ways to play zenon this is a truly unique medicine it is totally harmless to humans but at the same time it is 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 the. 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 you know cases involving stress whether it be acute a chronic stress the best way to deal with it is small therapeutic doses of this substance and when we talk about sport 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. so over a ten day period a group of young athletes were given a controlled dose of and had a healthier. such research is allowing doctors and scientists to better understand how the gas actually interacts with the body's organisms as well as working out the best way to incorporate into one's workout after taking in the gas the experiments the subjects would spend the night in a controlled environment where their sleep patterns could be followed more closely

. to see what the results of the experiment looked like from the athlete side of the coin we checked in on one of the. training across the country in conflicts that will host the vince in two thousand and fourteen in his mind as a short experiment and a noticeable effect. master the experiment in the hyperbaric chamber and was much easier for me to train and i was able to recover much more quickly afterwards. during the test trainings at my ski club i posted the best results. more experiments are planned for later this year but of course it will take. breathing sessions to get to these guys level both the first results and hand researchers hope that they've done their part to bring hardware back home this time next year.

this is a technique that old to be used in professional sports. it's going to be. physicians and hopefully they will be able to use it to help athletes get fitter. back at the olympic park. are already completed and starting to host their preliminary test events earlier this month the main hockey arena was packed to the . not for any competition but to mark the start of the final countdown following a decent amount of entertaining performances as well as speeches by international sports chiefs and national leaders there's not a minute. much less a second to waste. to keep it one year and counting until the public ceremony here. actually you don't have a point that long coming you can take care of those the next time it's coming to

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. again not far from one of the five here this evening in moscow thank you for being with this is r.t. international a big event we're covering here at r.t. the as such the twenty fourteen winter olympics flame that's in moscow ahead of its record breaking really.

of course not for many who are losing sight of the main event that's the stove or one hundred twenty three days but for now today the big news is that torch is already reached moscow's red square where president putin will start the russian leg of the olympic torch relay here with me to talk a little bit more about it r.t. sport ok part two jews going to fill us in as we head towards president putin's speech about fifteen minutes or so when the flame arrives there more of the sporting size of it all. as well you just hope that it is not from greece or sort of put your arm up play work you will speak the talk have been laying low for us will want to come to you want to talk about that we're also hoping to go to red square and eagle piskun office that i gather is not quite there at the moment so let's talk about this flame then let's let's go to you first if we may or is it like to be on the plane earlier we saw it taxi and look at the airport earlier on special air flight flight it was it was or was that experience like the well to

describe it it is just a normal plane but on board with just the v.i.p.'s there the deputy prime minister calls that was there as well as the representatives of the sort she fourteen organizing committee and the russian olympic committee they were in the business class and then in the economy class it was the reporters and the journalists and at the back next the toilets strapped in to see twenty five where you explain but which we were allowed to film and there we were there and mr came through the president of twenty fourteen the organizing committee came through when he talked to us as well so it's a very good experience moving when we actually went in to the russian airspace we got a tunnel from the captain and around ripples as it went into russia or if it was good fun excellent exit was before they so far as the cake were going to come to just a minute if you'll stay with us for the for the rest of the hour that be great if you could because with a lot more to talk about the actual sporting side of this year was so. ok but let's go to this can off i gather he can hear snow moskos red square high that when we

last came cheer those bikers were all routes that were very close to that flame there yes it's not actually a huge yet said but everybody is really just a patient to finally see it where is that flame it's been taken so long it seems because they did land at the airport in moscow a little bit earlier via this special flight it's being accompanied by these two hundred bikers now there's a lot of excitement here on red square music is playing by just being performed by these military orchestra us everything is perfect except for one thing the flame is still not here of course it is going to be here and that's pretty much going to start. the most important part of the day for everyone who is gathered here today later we're also expecting to see the president other musical and dance performances and so on but i fishley the really.