Рассказ / Олимпийские игры (на англ.)

Winter Olympic games 2018 will be held from 9 to 25 February in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang. Athletes from all over the world will compete for 98 medals in seven sports. The desire to host the Olympic games in 2018 was expressed by three cities: French Annecy, German Munich and Korean Pyeongchang. The latter had presented its candidature to host the competition in 2010 and 2014. But both times lost to a strong competitor: Vancouver and Sochi.
Athletes will compete in seven sports, in which there are separate disciplines:
BiathlonBobsled, skeleton includingCurlingSkating sportsSki sportLugeHockeyIn 2018, the list of disciplines replenished big air (snowboarding), mass start (skating), double-mixed (Curling) and team competitions (skiing). Competitions in parallel slalom in a snowboard among men and women were withdrawn from the program.

Winter Olympic Games 2014 (English 2014 Winter Olympics, фр. Jeux Olympiques d’hiver de 2014, the official name XXII the Olympic winter Games) — the international sporting event which was taking place in the Russian city of Sochi from February 7 to February 23, 2014. The capital of the Olympic games — 2014 was chosen during the 119th IOC session in Guatemala on July 4, 2007 [⇨]. In the territory of Russia the Olympic Games took place for the second time (before in Moscow in 1980 passed the summer Olympic Games), and for the first time — winter Games. Upon termination of the Olympic Games on the same objects the winter Paralympic Games — 2014 will be held. The Organizing committee "Sochi 2014" [⇨] is engaged in the organization of the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games of 2014. On March 1, 2010 — 2010 president of the IOC Jacques Rogge gave the Olympic flag to the closing ceremonies of the winter Olympic Games to the mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov. This process was accompanied by the action telling about the Russian culture [⇨]. In three months before Jacques Rogge presented the Sochi-2014 logo. In 2011 mascots of the winter Olympic Games — 2014 chose the White bear, a snow Leopard and Hare. In 500 days prior to the Olympic Games the Organizing committee "Sochi 2014" announced a slogan of the forthcoming Olympic Games: "Hot. Winter. Yours" ("Hot. Cool. Yours" in option in English). Games in Sochi are the twenty second (XXII) winter on the account (also summer Games of 1980 in Moscow were twenty second also). After end of the Olympic Games by tradition the winter Paralympic Games — 2014 will be held. In comparison with Vancouver-2010 the number of competitions in various disciplines is increased on 12, 98 sets of medals [⇨] were in total played.

Я безумно горжусь тем, что Олимпиада прошла в моей стране. Никто не сомневался в победе нашей сборной. Открытие, как и закрытие Олимпиады, прошло на высочайшем уровне. Все спортсмены нашей страны показали себя достойно и не подвели свою Родину, защитили её честь на международном уровне.

February 7, 2014 in Sochi will open XXII Winter Olympic Games. This is the second Olympics for Russia, first - Olympics -80 - remember, even those who at the time of its holding in Moscow was a child. But it was summer, and this winter - all very different, and again agitated the country for the first time. What venue for competitions in winter sports was chosen Sochi - resort city and " summer capital " of Russia, at first disconcerting. However, almost immediately becomes clear that this is just another challenge, an additional reason to be proud : Sochi will become the first city with a subtropical climate, where will the Winter Olympics.
Application Sochi to host the Games in 2014 was declared the winner by the results of the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee, July 4, 2007. By tradition, the closing ceremony of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, a solemn transfer of the Olympic flag to the mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov, then shot up over the stadium flag of Russia and spectators in the stands and on television witnessed the presentation of Sochi as a hostess next Winter Olympics. The submission participated Natalia Vodianova, prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina skaters Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, opera singer Maria Guleghina, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra under Valery Gergiev. In the final presentation of the stadium there was a great logo Sochi Olympics.
 

The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, were a major international multi-sport event held in Sochi, Russia, in the tradition of the Winter Olympic Games. Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007, during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City. It is the first Olympics in Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Soviet Union was the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. A total of 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines were held during the Games. The 10 finalists, along with the results, were unveiled during live specials on Channel One. On 26 February 2011, the official mascots were unveiled, consisting of a polar bear, a snow hare, and a snow leopard. The opening ceremony took place on February 7, 2014. More than 3,000 people from artistic groups participated in dance, ballet, acrobatic and circus performances during the opening ceremony which was watched by a 40,000 strong audience at Sochi’s Fisht Olympic Stadium. Figure skater Irina Rodnina and ice hockey player Vladislav Tretiak lit the torcA record 88 nations qualified to compete, which beat the previous record of 82 set at the previous Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Seven nations—Dominica, Malta, Paraguay, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, and Zimbabwe—are making their Winter Olympics debut.98 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports were included in the 2014 Winter Olympics. The three skating sports disciplines are figure skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. There are six skiing sport disciplines—alpine, cross-country skiing, freestyle, Nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding. The two bobsleigh sports disciplines are bobsleigh and skeleton. The other four sports are biathlon, curling, ice hockey, and luge. A total of twelve new events are contested to make it the largest Winter Olympics to date. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline. Alpine skiingBiathlonBobsleighCross-country skiingCurlingFigure skatingFreestyle skiingIce hockeyLugeNordic combinedShort track speed skatingSkeletonSki jumpingSnowboardingSpeed skatingThe closing ceremony was held on 23 February 2014 between 20:14 MSK and 22:25 MSK at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi. The ceremony was dedicated to Russian culture featuring world-renowned Russian stars like conductor and violinist Yuri Bashmet, conductor Valery Gergiev, pianist Denis Matsuev, singer Hibla Gerzmava and violinist Tatiana Samouil. These artists were joined by performers from the Bolshoi and Mariinsky theaters. Sochi’s medal design was unveiled in May 2013. The design is intended to resemble Sochi’s landscape, with a semi-translucent section containing a “patchwork quilt” of diamonds representing mountains; the diamonds themselves contain designs that reflect Russia’s regions. Those who won gold medals on 15 February received special medals with fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteor, marking the one-year anniversary of the event where pieces of the cosmic body fell into the Chebarkul Lake in the Ural Mountains in central Russia.

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2014 Winter Olympics (born. 2014 Winter Olympics, fr. Jeux Olympiques d’hiver de 2014, the official name of the XXII Olympic Winter Games) - international sporting event, held in the Russian city of Sochi, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The capital of the Olympic Games - 2014 was chosen during the 119th IOC Session in Guatemala City July 4, 2007. In Russia, the Olympic Games were held for the second time (previously in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games were held), and for the first time - the Winter Games. At the end of the Olympic Games on the same objects were carried Paralympic Winter Games.
Games in Sochi are the twenty-second (XXII) winter in a row (symbolic that the twenty-second summer Games were in 1980 in Moscow). Compared with the 2010 Games in Vancouver, the number of competitions in various disciplines increased to 12 in total were raffled 98 sets of medals.

City organizer:
Sochi
Country:
Russia
Participating countries:
88
Sports:
15
Practicing sets of medals:
98
Opening ceremony:
7 February
Opened:
Vladimir Putin
Closing ceremony:
February 23
Olympic flame:
Vladislav Tretiak (hockey), Irina Rodnina (figure skating)
Olympic oath:
Ruslan Zakharov (short track)
Stadium:
Olympic stadium "Fisht"
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Sochi 2014
Winter Olympic games 2014 (XXII winter Olympic games is an international sporting event, held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in the Russian city of Sochi.
The choice of city
June 22, 2006 IOC President Jacques Rogge of the seven claiming bids (Jaca, Alma-ATA, Sofia, Borjomi, Sochi, Salzburg Pyeongchang) announced the names of three candidates. They are Sochi, Salzburg and Pyeongchang.
4 July 2007 in Guatemala held the 119th IOC session, which was chosen as host city of the Olympics.
Before the vote, presentations of candidate cities. Sochi athletes represented: Svetlana Zhurova, Evgeny Plushenko, Mikhail Terentiev (Paralympic) and Alexander Popov; sports officials: Vyacheslav Fetisov, Elena Anikina, Shamil Tarpischev, Dmitry Chernyshenko and Vitaly Smirnov; policy: Vladimir Putin, Alexander Zhukov, German Gref, Alexander Tkachev, Viktor Kolodyazhny.
In the first round of voting, which was attended by 97 participants-representatives of the countries of the IOC, has left Salzburg. In the second round won Sochi winning the Pyeongchang 4 votes (51 vs. 47). Thus Russia became the first host of the Winter Olympic games.
Jacques Rogge
Jacques Rogge shows the name of the city, who won in the fight for the right to host the 2014 Games
Mascots
The mascots of the Olympic Winter games 2014 were selected White Bear, Leopard and Bunny.
The mascots of the Olympic Winter games 2014
Chose talismans with work and adventures. Several votes were declared invalid, the winning options were rejected, the timing of the vote was postponed.
The final voting results were as follows:
Leopard (author Vadim Pak, Nakhodka) to 28.2% of the votes
White Bear (author Oleg Heart, Sochi) - 18.3% of the votes
Bunny (author Silvia Petrova, village of New Buyanova, Anticosti region, Chuvashia) - 16.4% of the votes.
The mascots of the Olympic Winter games 2014
The choice was criticized. In particular, it was noted that the composition of the Sochi mascots (the Leopard, polar Bear and Bunny) is almost identical to the Trinity of the mascots for the Olympic games in salt lake city (Coyote, Bear and Rabbit). Graphic design White Bears in General, and especially of the muzzle and a large round head, more typical for brown bears than for whites, in which the head is elongated. It is also noted close to plagiarism similarity White Bears with the mascot of the Moscow summer Olympics in 1980 bear Misha, as indicated, and the Creator of the image of the last Victor Chizhikov.
The world wildlife Fund in Russia suggested Organizing Committee "Sochi 2014" to edit the picture with Leopard, explaining that the fur is depicted animal is not like leopard, and snow leopard, which in the Caucasus had never dwelt.
Olympic torch relay
Olympic torch relay "Sochi 2014" is the longest and most ambitious in the history of the winter Olympic games. Started it October 7, 2013 and will end on the opening day of the Olympics on 7 February 2014.
The route of the Olympic flame in Russia was presented by the organizing Committee "Sochi 2014" exactly one year before the start of the relay. Within 123 days the torch of the Games in the hands of the athletes will make more than 65 thousand miles on cars, trains, airplanes, and Russian Troika and reindeer eyes 130 million inhabitants 2900 settlements of Russia, will visit the capitals of all 83 subjects of the Russian Federation

Four Russian bobsledder won the gold medal of the Olympic Games of Sochi on the final day of competition. The crew of Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Negodaylo, Dmitry and Alexey Trunenkova Governors crossed the finish line with the result of 3 minutes, 40.60 seconds in the status of Olympic champions. Athletes showed the best time for all four races.
In second place is the Latvian team. Arvis Vilkaste, Daumants Dreyshkens Oscar Melbārdis and Janis Strang finished with a difference of only 0.09 seconds and secured a silver Olympic Games.
Bronze medal - the American bobsledder Steven Langton, Curtis Tomasevich, Chris Vogt and Steven Holcomb, their gap from the leader was 0.39 seconds.