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and broadcast commentators. The replanning
of the space under the eastern
grandstands provided for the services
required by the press: working
rooms, a trunk call office, a teleprinter
room, a press-conference hall, etc.
Technical officials' quarters, a postoffice,
a currency exchange office, a
room for the award squad were also
located there.
The Olympic Flame Bowl was
erected above the eastern grandstands.
Below it, the interiors of the
first-floor and second-floor spectator
galleries were renovated.
It is noteworthy that the modernisation
of the other facilities in Luzhniki
also included the replanning of the
space under the stands, as it had been
done in the Grand Arena. In all cases,
the competitors, the media, dignitaries,
officials, and judges had their
own entrances. Their quarters had
exits leading directly on the arena or
into the boxes assigned for them.
Three landing pits were added in
the western and eastern athletics sectors
of the competition arena. The
track and the sectors were covered
with synthetic surfacing.
Large scoreboards were installed
over the northern and southern grandstands.
Four towers, each 86 metres
tall, were erected to illuminate the
The competition area and
stands of the Grand Arena
The Olympic flame bowl
The scoreboard of the Grand
Arena