2. The Winter Olympic Games is a major
international sporting event that occurs once every
four years under the auspices of the International
Olympic Committee (IOC). Les Jeux olympiques
d'hiver The Winter Olympic Games first took place
in 1924 initially as part of the Olympic Summer
Games.
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Until1992, the Winter
and Summer Olympic
Games were held in the same
years, but in accordance with
a 1986 decision by the IOC to
place the Summer and Winter
Games on separate four-year
cycles in alternating even-
numbered years, the next
Winter Olympics after 1992
was in 1994.
3. The Olympic symbol
The primary symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking
rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the
"Olympic rings." The symbol was originally designed in 1913 and presented at
the 1920 Summer Olympics by the city of Antwerp (Belgium) by Baron Pierre de
Coubertin, co-founder of the modern Olympic Games. According to Coubertin,
the ring colors with the white background stand for those colors that appeared
on all the national flags that competed in the Olympic games at that time.
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4. The champions of Winter Olympics
(team event) (1924-2014)
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USSR 7 times
Norway 7 times
Germany 3 times
Russia 2 times
RDA 1 time
USA 1 time
Canada 1 time
6. The capital of Winter
Olympic Games 2014 – Sochi
The 2014 Winter Paralympics
will use most of the same
venues that were used by the
Olympics
In preparation, organizers focused on modernizing
the telecommunications, electric power, and
transportation infrastructures of the region. While originally
budgeted at US$12 billion, various factors caused the budget
to expand to over US$51 billion, surpassing the estimated
$44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as
the most expensive Olympics in history.
Sochi was selected as the host city in July
2007, during the 119th IOC Session held
in Guatemala City. It was 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.
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7. Sochi Olympic Park
(Coastal Cluster)
• Bolshoy Ice Dome
• Shayba Arena
• Adler Arena
• Iceberg Skating Palace
• Ice Cube Curling Center
• Fisht Olympic Stadium
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9. 2014 Winter Olympics
opening ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 2014
Winter Olympics took place at
the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi,
Russia, on 7 February 2014 at 20: 14
MSK (UTC+4). An audience of 40,000
were in attendance at the stadium with
an estimated 2,000 performers.
The Games were officially opened
by President Vladimir Putin.
In addition to United Nations Secretary
General Ban Ki-moon, forty-four heads
of states or governments attended the
opening ceremonies.
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10. Lighting Ceremony of the
Olympic Flame
For the finale Vladislav Tretiak and Irina Rodnina jointly lit the Olympic
cauldron installed at the Sochi Medals Plaza in the Sochi Olympic Park. This
was followed by a fireworks display across the area around Fisht Olympic
Stadium, including the other sporting venues.
The final torch bearers of
the Olympic flame :
• Maria Sharapova,
• Yelena Isinbayeva,
• Alexandre Kareline ,
• Alina Kabaeva,
• Irina Rodnina et
• Vladislav Tretiak.
Vladislav Tretyak and
Irina Rodnina light
the mini-cauldron
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11. Olympic Games Sports
• Women's ski jumping
• Ski half-pipe (men/women)
• Ski slopestyle (men/women)
• Snowboard slopestyle
(men/women)
• Snowboard parallel special slalom
(men/women)
• Figure skating team event
• Team relay luge
• Mixed relay biathlon
A total of 12 new events are contested :
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12. Biathlon
To date, the Olympic Winter Games program has
five biathlon events for men and five for women:
individual race, sprint, pursuit, mass start race and
relay; and there is also the mixed relay.
Olympic Games Sports
Cross-Country Skiing
Twelve cross-country skiing events feature
in the Olympic Winter Games: six men’s events
and six ladies’ events, including individual
races and mass start races, the skiathlon, the
relay, and individual and team sprints.
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13. Alpine Skiing
Ten events make up the Olympic alpine skiing
program, five for men and five for ladies. These
include the downhill, slalom, giant slalom,
super giant, and super combined races.
Different courses are prepared for the different
events. A total of ten sets of medals are
awarded.
Curling
Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932,
1988 and 1992 Games and has been an official
Olympic sport since 1998. There are two medal
events in curling: men’s and women’s team
competition.
Olympic Games Sports
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14. Olympic Games Sports
Speed Skating
Men’s speed skating was first included
in the Olympic Winter Games in 1924.
It was at the Winter Olympics in 1960 that
women first competed in speed skating.
12 sets of medals are awarded in speed
skating.
Short Track speed skating
The Olympic races include 500m, 1000m,
and 1500m races (for both men and
women), and relay races at 3000m
(women) and 5000m (men). Eight sets of
medals are awarded.
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15. Olympic Games Sports
Nordic Combined
Nordic Combined events include a ski
jumping competition (1 jump) and a 10 km
cross-country ski race. Nordic Combined
individual events have been part of the
Olympic program since the first Olympic
Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924.
Ski Jumping
Women will compete in ski jumping for the
first time during Sochi 2014. Four events
make up the Olympic program: the men’s and
women’s individual normal hill competition,
the men’s individual large hill competition,
and the men’s team competition. Four sets
of medals are awarded.
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16. Freestyle skiing
The Olympic freestyle events include mogul
skiing, aerials, ski cross, ski halfpipe, and ski
slopestyle. Ski halfpipe and ski slopestyle were
added to the Olympics in 2011. Both men and
women participate in each type of event. A total
of ten sets of medals are awarded for freestyle.
Snowboarding
Snowboarding made its Olympic debut
in 1998 at the Nagano Winter Olympics.
There are ten snowboarding events in the
Olympic Games.
Olympic Games Sports
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17. Olympic Games Sports
Skeleton
Skeleton became an Olympic
discipline in 2002 (Salt Lake City)
Olympic Winter Games. There are
only two sets of medals to be won
in skeleton.
Luge
There are three classes of Olympic
competition: singles men, singles women
and doubles, in addition the Olympic
Games sports program in Sochi has added
a relay competition for the first time.
Bobsleigh
There are three events that make up the
Olympic bobsleigh program: 2- man
bobsleigh competition, 4 - man bobsleigh
competition and women’s bobsleigh
competition (with two women in a team).
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18. Olympic Games Sports
Figure Skating
The Olympic Games program includes
the following figure skating
competitions: individual men’s and
women’s events, pairs events, ice
dancing and also team events. At the
present time, only 5 sets of medals are
contested in the Olympic figure skating
program.
Ice Hockey
In the Olympic Winter Games program,
there are separate ice hockey
competitions for men and women. Two
sets of medals are contested.
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20. 2014 Winter Olympics
closing ceremony
The closing ceremony of the 2014
Winter Olympics was held on 23
February 2014 from 20:14 to
22:25 MSK (UTC+4) at the Fisht
Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia.
The Olympic flag was handed over
by Sochi's mayor to the mayor of
Pyeongchang, South Korea, host
of the next 2018 Winter Olympics.
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