The theater begins with a hanger, and the Olympic Games? From the decision of the International Olympic Committee, the handing over of the Olympic flag to the next host country, or the lighting of the Olympic torch? Probably for the first time, the reader will be able to really look “behind the scenes” of the Olympic Games, see how they are prepared and what happens where fans are not allowed, personally feel the mood of the athletes and find out how and what they do in preparation for the competitions. The author of this book is a sports lover who, thanks to her amazing curiosity and perseverance, was practically the only one from Russia who managed to work at the last five Olympic Games - first as a volunteer and then as a full-time employee, to see the official work of the Organizing Committee staff, to communicate informally with outstanding athletes and figures of international sports and get acquainted with the mechanisms of decision-making in big-time sports.