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Olympic Games

Sochi was named the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics during the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala on June 4, 2007. It won the bid against Salzburg (Austria) and PyeongChang (South Korea). The games will be held for the second time in Russia, following the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. The event will feature both the Winter Games and the subsequent snow Paralympic Games. The 2014 Winter Olympics mascots include the Polar Bear, Leopard, and Snow Bunny, while the Paralympic Games mascots are Ray and Snowflake. The slogan for the games is "Hot..Cool..Yours". The Olympic Torch Relay began in Moscow on October 7, 2013, and will conclude in Sochi on February 7, 2014. The competitions will encompass fifteen winter sports disciplines across seven Olympic sports.

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Olympic Games

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  1. Olympic Games

  2. Sochi - capital of Winter Olympic Games 2014 Sochi was named the capital of the 2014 Winter Olympics during the 119 session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala June 4, 2007. Sochi won Salzburg (Austria) and PyeongChang (South Korea)

  3. On the territory of Russian Olympic Games will be held for the second time (the XXII Summer Olympic Games took place in Moscow in 1980), and for the first time - the Winter Games.

  4. At the end of the Olympic Games on the same objects will be held snow Paralympic Games in 2014.

  5. March 1, 2010 at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics, IOC President Jacques Rogge handed the Olympic flag to the mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov

  6. This process is accompanied by colorful action, telling about Russian culture

  7. In the 2011 Winter Olympics mascots were elected in 2014 Polar Bear, Leopard and Snow Bunny.

  8. Paralympic Games mascots became Ray and Snowflake.

  9. Before 500 days the Olympic Games Organizing Committee "Sochi 2014" announced the slogan of the upcoming Olympics

  10. "Hot. Cool. Yours"

  11. Olympic Torch Relay 2014 Winter Olympics began in Moscow October 7, 2013 and it will end in Sochi February 7, 2014

  12. Competitions Fifteen winter sports disciplines, united in seven Olympic sports included in the program of the Olympic Winter Games in 2014.

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