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Olympic Games on Yandex: Faster, Higher, More Informative

12 February, 2010, МоскваYandex

Internet, February 12, 2010. Yandex invites all sports enthusiasts to follow the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver online. Web users can view regularly updated medal standings right on Yandex’s front page, while to check on the current Olympic events in real time, they can go to olymp2010.yandex.ru.

To learn about the Olympic Games schedule, results and events, users can also type a specific query on Yandex. For instance, in responce to the search query [хоккей] (ice hockey), Yandex will inform about the results of the latest race and also when the next one starts.

The Olympic Games page on Yandex olymp2010.yandex.ru also shows live broadcasts of the most spectacular competitions including ice hockey tournaments, along with the latest news, photo and video highlights from the competitions.

Those who are afraid to miss the news about a new medal under their team’s belt or an important competition, can subscribe to free SMS notifications or add an important event to their Yandex.Calendar, which will alert about the start of this event. Mobile owners can also follow the Olympic Games in Vancouver on their devices at m.olymp2010.yandex.ru.

Contacts:

Elena Kolmanovskaya, Chief Editor

Dina Litvinova, Head of Yandex PR

Phone: +7 495 739-70-00

Fax: +7 495 739-70-70

E-mail: [email protected]