Sochi Winter Olympics 2014

The Sochi 2014 Olympic Games will be held from 7 to 23 February 2014. This spa in Russia , located on the shores of black sea , was elected last July 2007 by the International Olympic Committee (IOC ) to host the Winter Olympics in 2014

Sochi 2014

Sochi is hosting the first Winter Olympics sports event getting the XXII edition. To perform the various sporting activities that are carried out in this competition , the city has prepared a total of ten facilities with outstanding Olympic Stadium (where the opening and closing ceremony will take place ), plus three other stadiums and Olympic villages .

Sochi 2014 mascot

As part of preparations for the XXII Olympic Winter Games, were elected to three pets: a snow leopard , a polar bear and a hare being given official notice by Dmitri Chernishenko , president of the Organizing Committee Sochi 2014 , after that participate in the election more than a million voters through text messages, online votes , emails , phone calls, among others.

Among the skills that we see in the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi are: Biathlon , Bobsleigh , Curling, Combined Nordic , Freestyle / Alpine / background Skiing , Ice Hockey , figure skating , speed skating , snowboarding and ski jumping .

Schedule of 2014 Winter Olympics

The timing of the 2014 Winter Olympics has been officially released and has announced that will total 89 events to be held to elect the best representative of each of the fifteen winter sports are included in the Olympics.

We should note that the simultaneous Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games will be made , the same as the Olympic Winter Games are organized by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee .