1. 00:00 Wide of the clock in the historical centre of Yekaterinburg.
2. 00:04 Close of the ball-button.
3. 00:07 Various of the clock launching.
5. 00:29 Various of the models posing for photos.
6. 00:37 SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Olga Gavrilenko, organiser:
"The clock isn't just a construction that shows time. Besides the countdown, it's also an internet hotspot where you can come, take a photo with the number of days which is left until the championship, share it on social networks, and record an audio forecast for the results of championship games."
7. 00:56 Various of fans with the clock.
8. 01:26 SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alexei Pudovkin, football fan:
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"I am supporting good football, spectacular football. It will come to our city and I will be able to watch. I hope to be healthy to enjoy this because I am a football for for more than 35 years. My football team is Ural."
A three-metre clock was set up at the city centre of Yekaterinburg on Monday (30th January) to begin the 500 days countdown to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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Yekaterinburg celebrated the 500 days countdown to the 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup with the inauguration of a clock in the city centre.
Yekaterinburg will hold a total of four group stage games during football's most prestigious team tournament.
The clock not only shows the countdown, but also visitors can connect free WiFi to share their photos near the new landmark.
The celebration also included a flash mob where standing people formed a figure "500".
The clock is not the first one to be launched in Russia's host cities.
Moscow, Kazan and Sochi have already launched their countdown clocks.
