Highlights from Sochi Olympic torch relay trip around Moscow. Part 2
Slustkaya, the only Russian woman to win an Olympic singles figure skating medal since the fall of the Soviet Union, took the flame up Moscow’s tallest building.
Irina Slutskaya holds a lamp with the Olympic flame at Ostankino TV tower. (AP)
Voice of Russia also asked a torch bearer what instructions they were given before receiving the handoff.
“Well, we were instructed on the way we should hold the torch, specifically not to hold it too close to one’s clothes, so they wouldn’t catch fire,” Andrei Sukhantsev said.
The flame also visited sites from the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the only Games that Russia previously hosted, and Russian police headquarters.
Even actor Steven Seagal was reportedly on hand for part of the ceremonies in Moscow.
The famous actor and producer told the Voice of Russia that he liked the ceremony very much and was hoping to come to Sochi in February to watch the Olympics.
The Olympic flame departed Moscow on Thursday, as Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry assured Sochi’s facilities are safe against potential natural disasters.