Tip 1: How the Olympic Games will be held in Sochi
Tip 1: How the Olympic Games will be held in Sochi
February 7, 2014 in Sochi will be inauguratedWinter Olympic Games. The upcoming Olympics will be a record for the number of medals: 98 sets of awards will be drawn. The program of competitions includes a number of new disciplines. Sports fans are expected to have a bright, eventful show.
What is included in the program of the 2014 Olympics
Olympians in Sochi will compete for medals in 7sports: biathlon, bobsled (also includes skeleton), ice hockey, curling, tobogganing, speed skating (speed skating, short track, figure skating), skiing (ski racing, downhill skiing, ski jumping , snowboarding, freestyle). Given the great interest of the audience to one of the most vivid and spectacular sports - ice hockey, the NHL leadership went to meet the International Olympic Committee and agreed to take a break in the winter season so that the NHL players could take part in the games for their Olympic teams.Place of competition
The Olympians will compete in two places: directly within the borders of Sochi and beyond, about 40 kilometers from the city. These places were officially named: "coastal cluster" and "mountain cluster". The coastal cluster includes the Olympic Park, where all the ice arenas are located, as well as the new stadium "Fisht", designed for 40 thousand spectators. In addition to this stadium, there is the Ice Palace "Bolshoi", the Ice Arena "Shayba", the Winter Sports Palace "Iceberg", "Adler-Arena" and "Ice Cube", where the curling competitions will take place. All these sports facilities are located so close to each other that they can be considered as being within walking distance. In this respect, the Sochi Olympics can be considered unique. In the mountain cluster, located on the territory of the ski resort of Krasnaya Polyana, open-air contests will be held. There will be medals in biathlon, skiing, luge and bobsled. This cluster includes 5 modern complexes that meet the highest requirements. In the "Laura" complex there will be competitions of biathlonists and cross-country skiing, in "Russian Hills" - ski jumping, the "Sankey" complex will accept sledges and bobsledder, and visitors to the "Rosa Khutor" complex will see competitions of skiers. On the territory of Rosa Khutor there is also a separate complex "Extreme Park", where there will be competitions in freestyle and snowboarding.Tip 2: How to buy tickets for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi
Before the 2014 Winter Olympics inSochi remains very little time, so those wishing to get to this colorful sporting event need to hurry up and buy tickets while there is such an opportunity.
How to buy tickets
Currently tickets for the Olympics in Sochican be bought on the official site of the Winter Olympic Games in 2014, as well as in the main ticket centers of Sochi and Moscow. On the Internet portal you can see the location of the main ticket centers and ticket offices that will open at sports venues closer to the beginning of the Games. In each country there are official ticket agents appointed by the Olympic Committee and operating in accordance with local legislation. They can even get foreign citizens to buy tickets. A complete list of agents is also published on the official website of the event. To give the opportunity to view the Olympic competitions as many as possible, the Organizing Committee has set limits on the number of tickets purchased in one hand. At events of high demand, including figure skating, ice hockey and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, it is allowed to purchase 4 tickets in one hand, for other competitions - 8 tickets. The total number of tickets for one order should not be more than 50.Ticket prices
The International Olympic Committee approvedthe cost of tickets for all kinds of competitions. On average, they correspond to the prices of the leading international and Russian sports events and do not exceed significantly the cost of tickets of past Games. The fixed cost is final, includes all taxes with the right to travel on the day of competition in the Olympic transport indicated on the ticket. For all spectators, ticket prices are the same. According to the Olympic rules, free tickets and discounts are not provided. The minimum cost of the ticket for the competitions to be held in the Mountain Cluster is 500 rubles, and in the Coastal - 1000 rubles. The average cost of tickets for all kinds of competitions varies from 3,000 to 9,000 rubles. Tickets at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics will cost around 4,500 rubles. The most expensive tickets for the opening ceremony are category "A" and cost from 50 000 rubles. Payment for tickets for the event is made only by Visa cards in recognition of the long-standing support of the company for the Olympic Games. You can draw a card in almost any bank. For more information, please visit the official website of the Visa payment system.Tip 3: Where the 2010 Winter Olympics were held
For the right to host the 2010 Winter Olympicsfought three cities: Vancouver from Canada, Salzburg from Austria and South Korean Pyeongchang. After the first round of voting, Pyeongchang was the undisputed favorite, but in the second round Vancouver beat him with a three-vote advantage. Until this point, the Olympic Committee of Canada twice applied for the games in Vancouver, but to no avail.
Talismans of the XXI Winter Olympics were threefictitious creatures: Miga (a hybrid of the predatory killer whale and blackbeard baribala), Kuatchi (something like a snowman) and Sumi - the spirit of animals. The opening ceremony, which took place on February 12, overshadowed the tragic death of Nodar Kumaritashvili from the Georgian team during the training session. A minute of silence was declared in his memory at the celebration. The traditional bowl of the Olympic flame at these games was presented in a very original way: in the form of improvised logs for the forest fire, which are pushed out from under the deck in the center of the arena. The fire of the Olympics was lit by several athletes, including one of the best hockey players of the world, Wayne Gretzky. At the same time, due to a technical malfunction, one of the elements of the fire did not come out, and therefore the ceremony did not go as it was intended. Athletes in Vancouver, competing from 12 to 28 February, played 86 sets of medals in 7 sports (15 disciplines). Prospects of the Russian national team before the games were considered as not very encouraging, for many reasons. Alas, it was justified: our Olympic team was not even included in the top ten teams! The first place was confidently taken by the owners - Canadians who received 14 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals. In second place was the team of Germany, which won 10 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze medals. Third place due to the same number of received gold medals was shared between teams of the United States and Norway. Our team, having won 3 gold (in men's ski sprint, in men's biathlon of mass start and in women's biathlon relay race), 5 silver and 7 bronze medals, was in the end only in 11th place. For the whole history of our participation in the Winter Olympics this was the worst result. We need to draw all the necessary conclusions, especially given that the next Winter Olympics in 2014 will be held in Sochi.
Tip 4: The motto of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and its meaning
The motto of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi sounds like "Hot. Winter. Yours. " Let's see what this means.
Hot weather in the capital of the Olympics fluctuatesabout +14 to +16 degrees Celsius. On the beach you can go and even sunbathe. But this weather absolutely does not interfere with the training and competition of athletes: the ice in the arenas is normal, the snow does not melt on the ski slopes. They are also hot because people from all over the country have come to be ill for our people, for whom this event will not leave indifferent. Winter is about an hour from the sea - and you get into the winter. On the mountain slopes, at an altitude of 1500 m, where biathletes and skiers compete, there is enough snow. As it turned out, winter competitions can be held at this latitude. And if in the evening (at this time there are competitions in biathlon) stand for ten to fifteen minutes, then you can turn into ice. By the way, there are a lot of beautiful ice statues in the Olympic village, and they do not melt! Yours Everyone who came to Sochi: spectators, sportsmen, journalists, volunteers, etc., must understand this. There is a lot built and invested a lot of energy. Stadiums, hotels, just three Olympic villages, and all at a high level of comfort and convenience. The Olympic Games in Sochi are certainly a grandiose event of world level, which will remain in the memory of everyone who took part in the Games - both athletes and fans. And for everyone they will be hot, naturally, winter and their own.
