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On February 7, 2014, the XXII winter season opened in Sochi Olympic Games. This is the second Olympics for Russia; the first, the 1980 Olympics, is remembered even by those who were just children when it was held in Moscow. But that was summer, and this is winter - everything is completely different, and again the country was worried, as the first time. The fact that Sochi, the resort city and “summer capital” of Russia, was chosen as the venue for the winter sports competition was initially confusing. However, it immediately became clear that this was just another challenge, an additional reason for pride: Sochi became the first city with a subtropical climate to host the Winter Olympic Games.

Sochi's bid to host the 2014 Games was declared the winner based on the results of the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee July 4, 2007. Traditionally, at the closing ceremony of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, a ceremonial handover took place olympic flag to the mayor of Sochi Anatoly Pakhomov, after which the Russian flag flew over the stadium and spectators in the stands and at the TV screens witnessed the presentation of Sochi as the host of the next Winter Olympics. The performance included model Natalya Vodianova, prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina, figure skaters Tatyana Navka and Roman Kostomarov, opera singer Maria Guleghina, and the Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra conducted by Valery Gergiev. At the end of the performance, a huge logo of the Sochi Olympics appeared at the stadium.

The 2014 Games were held at two venues. The Krasnaya Polyana ski resort, 39 km from the city, received sports open-air: bobsleigh, cross-country skiing, downhill, etc. Among other Olympic facilities, the Rzhanaya Polyana bobsleigh track, the Rosa Khutor ski complex (its first stage was opened at the end of 2010) and the mountain Olimpic village.

And in Sochi itself a grandiose Olympic park was built to hold competitions in figure skating, hockey, speed skating, curling - in general, those sports that require indoor facilities.

Olympic Park in Sochi included the following objects:

• Big Ice Arena- hockey, 12,000 spectators,
• Small Ice Arena - hockey, 7000 spectators,
• Skating center - speed skating, 8000 spectators,
• Ice Sports Palace - figure skating, short track, 12,000 spectators,
• Curling arena - curling, 3000 spectators,
• Olympic Stadium, 40,000 spectators,
• Main Olympic Village.

The Organizing Committee of the Sochi Olympics presented the emblem of the Games on December 1, 2009, and on February 26, 2011, the results of the popular vote were summed up and three mascots for the upcoming Olympics were selected - a polar bear, a leopard and a hare. The anthem of the games was a song recorded for Sochi’s application to the IOC by Russian pop stars.

The Olympic Games in Sochi lasted 17 days, 92 sets of medals were competed in 15 sports. The right to host the Olympics in itself means recognition of Russia as a strong player in the international arena. And so big sport's event always contributes to the development of the infrastructure of the region in which it is held, increasing the level of attractiveness of the region for tourists and the international prestige of the host country.

Sochi became the first city with a subtropical climate to host the Winter Olympic Games.

In order to be involved in the most important sporting event in the life of the country, it was not at all necessary to be a member of the organizing committee of the Games. The Olympic and Paralympic Games could not be organized and held without the participation of enthusiastic volunteers. 25 thousand volunteers were involved in the Sochi Olympics.

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Winter Olympics Sochi 2014 – a stellar journey from the past to the future!

Sochi - the summer resort capital of Russia in 2014 became the capital of the XXII winter olympic games who passed with February 7 to 23, followed by the Paralympic Games.

The organizers of this large-scale event held the XI Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi from March 7 to March 16, 2014 in 6 sports: curling and wheelchair sledge hockey, cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing and para-snowboarding. 547 athletes from 45 countries took part in the Paralympic Games and 72 sets of medals were awarded. Russia was represented by 78 athletes.

At the XXII Olympic Winter Games, 3,000 athletes from all over the world competed for 98 sets Olympic awards in 15 sports. The largest delegations (more than 200 Olympians) were represented by Russia, the USA, and Canada. Russia delegated 223 athletes to its Olympics. Olympic team Russia is the youngest and most promising! The XXII Olympic Games in Sochi presented 6 new Olympic disciplines, including figure skating competitions from the 10 best national teams of the participating countries. Russia showed the whole world the triumph of its athletes in the Olympic and Paralympic Games! Olympic flame The famous Russian athletes were on fire: figure skater Irina Rodnina and hockey player Vladislav Tretyak.

The Olympic Games in Sochi involved 88 participating countries.

Russia took first gold place in the new Olympic discipline — team competitions in figure skating.

Russia came out on top both in the total number of awards won and in the number of gold medals:

XXII Olympic Games - 33 medals (13 gold, 11 silver, 9 bronze);

XI Paralympic Games - 80 awards (30 gold, 28 silver, 22 bronze).

Carrying out in Russia winter XXII The Olympic Games were predetermined by the development of Sochi as a mountain climatic resort.

The air from Dagomys to the Russia-Abkhazia border was saturated with the spirit of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

The heart of the city of Sochi is the Central District, where sports competitions did not take place, but it had a huge responsibility for receiving and accommodating fans.

The Sochi 2014 Olympic Games were held in two clusters at once: Coastal and Mountain.

Coastal cluster

The coastal cluster is the Sochi Olympic Park (Adler) with sports facilities and the stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Fisht games, as well as the Main Olympic Village near the Black Sea, which hosted athletes participating in the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

The high-speed train “Lastochka” carried passengers using a “fan passport” from the Sochi railway station to both competition clusters (Pribrezhny and Gorny). The road to the mountain cluster took about an hour. A ticket for the Aeroexpress Lastochka cost 200 rubles to the Olympic venues from the Sochi railway station. The 2014 price of an excursion ticket to the ski lifts of the Krasnaya Polyana resort was 600 rubles.

The grandiose construction in the perimeter of Lazarevskoye - Krasnaya Polyana - Abkhazian border pleased the residents of Greater Sochi with developed infrastructure, and new sports objects mesmerized with their futuristic forms.

Olympic Village in Sochi

Main Olympic Village in the Imereti Lowland (including the Paralympic) - the main center for hosting delegations and athletes participating in the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sochi.

The total area of ​​the Main Olympic Village is 330 thousand sq.m., where 50 houses (1.5 thousand rooms) for 3 thousand people and 12 seven-story houses of the Complex of structures and buildings with 1285 rooms for accommodation have already been built. Olympic family"and the International Paralympic Committee. According to the international rating scale, the level of service will be 4 stars. The ceremonial laying of the first stone for the construction of the foundation of the Olympic Village took place at the end of March 2011.

In Sochi, the largest Olympic Hotel Complex in Russia was built in the Imereti Lowland on an area of ​​36 hectares with 3,600 rooms, located within walking distance from the Olympic Park. The Hotel Complex is a whole mini-city with developed infrastructure.
It includes: a 3-4* hotel and apartments. The shopping and entertainment area includes: restaurants, bars, a supermarket, a bowling club with slot machines and a billiards room, conference rooms, a children's animation center, GYM's, swimming pools and SPA, a nightclub, as well as a Fan zone, where people will gather together in front of huge television screens and root for their favorite teams.

The landscaped park area is decorated with a cascade of ponds and a boulevard - the center of the “promenade” of the complex.

The 5-star Redisson Blu hotel with 500 rooms, located along the “promenade” on the first coastline on Blue Street, accommodated members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) during the 2014 Winter Olympics.
A promenade embankment has been built in Sochi along the Imereti Valley. The walking area borders the Black Sea coastline and passes by the Main Olympic Village and ice palaces Olympic Park, new hotels and the village of Nekrasovsky.

Home Olympic Village near the Olympic Park after the Sochi 2014 Olympics will become an object of effective, year-round and long-term use - the All-season resort complex "Sochnoe".
The private city-club “Sochnoye” is designed in the traditions of the architecture of the Mediterranean south with buildings ranging from three to seven floors with a predominance of white and beige colors, which go well with palm trees and lush southern vegetation. Previously, this project was called “Imereti Riviera”. All apartments are designed for year-round comfortable holidays.

Mountain cluster

Mountain cluster is 4 ski resort, which served the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, the Mountain Olympic Village on the “Rosa Plateau” of the Rosa Khutor resort and the Additional Olympic Village (1100 people) not far from ski and biathlon complex"Laura" of the Gazprom resort on the Psekhako ridge.

The Olympic Games in Sochi in the Mountain Cluster were combined into an integral sports complex:

"Rosa Khutor" (17.7 thousand spectators) - ski center and Extreme Park. Competitions for skiers, snowboarders and freestylers. Slopes of the Aibga ridge.

"Russian Hills" (7.5 thousand spectators) - a ski jumping complex. Resort "Mountain Carousel". Slopes of the Aibga ridge.

Sanki Center (5 thousand spectators) - competitions in skeleton, bobsleigh and luge. Resort "Alpika-Service". Slopes of the Aibga ridge.

Two Laura stadiums (7.5 thousand spectators) - biathlon, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing, which were held on the slopes of the Psekhako ridge. Resort of JSC Gazprom.

For the Olympics in Sochi, several tunnels, bridges, tens of kilometers of railway lines were built connecting the main Olympic village in the Imereti Lowland with the Mountain Cluster, and hundreds of kilometers of roads. There are 2 roads built to the Mountain Cluster from the Black Sea coast at a distance of 48 km: one is completely new, and the other is completely reconstructed.

From 7 to 23 February 2014 took place in Sochi XXII Olympic winter Games (hereinafter referred to as the Winter Games), at which Russia took first place in the medal standings.

The Winter Games were held on the territory of our country for the first time. According to the forecasts of the Russian Ministry of Sports, they were supposed to be the largest in terms of the number of participants and the number of awards. So, took part in the Games about 6 thousand people(participants and officials), of which 3 thousand athletes from more than 90 countries of the world, among whom the 98 sets of medals. For comparison: at the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, 86 sets of medals were awarded. It was assumed that the number of spectators who will attend the Games will be more than 1 million people, and the television audience that is expected to watch them will be about 3 billion people.

It is curious that the only ones on this moment Olympics held in Russia summer games(Moscow, 1980) were also XXII.

The Olympic Games are the largest international sports competition. They are carried out once every four years under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee (hereinafter referred to as the IOC). Organization, events and activities Olympic movement and the conditions for the Games are regulated by the Olympic Charter. The first Olympic Winter Games took place in 1925 in Chamonix, France. From 1924 to 1992, the Winter Games were held in the same years as the Summer Games (they were canceled in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II). The next Winter Games took place in 1994, that is, two years later, rather than four, due to the decision to make a two-year interval between the Summer and Winter Games.

According to the IOC classification, there is seven winter olympic sports(according to the number of International Sports Federations that are members of the Association of International Winter Sports Federations):

• Biathlon – International Union biathlon (IBU);
• Bobsleigh – International Federation of Bobsleigh and Toboggan (FIBT);
• Curling – World Curling Federation (WCF);
• Ice Hockey – International Ice Hockey Federation (IIXF);
• Luge (Luge) – International Luge Federation (FIL);
• Speed ​​skating – International Skating Union (ISU);
• Skiing – International Federation skiing(FIS).

In addition, speed skating, skiing and bobsleigh are divided into disciplines. In Russia, classification taking into account these subspecies is more common, so it stands out 15 Olympic sports:

1. Biathlon– a winter Olympic sport that combines cross-country skiing with small-caliber rifle shooting. IN Olympic program included since 1960.

2. Bobsleigh– downhill on a special ice track in the form of a chute on a sled (bob). It has been part of the Olympic program since the very first Winter Games - since 1924.

3. Skeleton– downhill racing on a double-sleigh with a weighted frame along a bobsleigh track. Became Olympic form sports in 2002.

4. Curling– team sport game on an ice platform. During the competition, participants of two teams alternately launch special heavy granite projectiles (“stones”) across the ice towards a special field marked on the ice. Athletes try to get their stone to stop in a certain place or to knock opponents' stones out of the scoring zone. Curling officially became an Olympic sport in 1998, although demonstration competitions were already held at the 1924 Games.

5. Ice hockey– a sports game during which players of two teams (on skates), guiding the puck with their sticks, try to throw it into the opponent’s goal without letting it into their own goal. Men's hockey has been part of the Winter Games program from the very beginning - since 1924, and the first ice hockey tournament as part of the Games took place at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Women's ice hockey was only included in the Winter Games program in 1998.

6. Luge– downhill racing on single and double sleighs along a bobsleigh track. This sport was included in the program of the Winter Games in 1964.

7. Figure skating– a speed skating sport that involves athletes moving on ice on skates, changing the direction of gliding and performing additional elements (rotation, jumps, combinations of steps, lifts, etc.) to music. Figure skating is one of the earliest winter disciplines: figure skating competitions were held at the Summer Olympics in 1908 and 1920.

8. Speed ​​running on skates- another type of speed skating. Men have competed in it at the Winter Games since 1924, and women since 1960.

9. Short track– a type of speed skating: skating along a short track. Included in the Olympic Games program in 1992.

10. Alpine skiing– a discipline of skiing, which is a descent from the mountains to special skis. Officially, this sport has been included in the Olympic program since 1936.

11. Ski racing– ski racing over a certain distance on a specially prepared track. Men competed in this sport at the first Games in 1924, and for women it has been included in the Olympic program since 1952.

12. Ski jumping– a discipline that consists of ski jumping from specially equipped springboards. Included in the Olympic program since 1924. Women will compete in this sport for the first time at the Olympic Games in Sochi.

13. Nordic combined, which is also called the "Nordic combination", combines two disciplines: ski jumping and cross-country skiing. Individual biathlon has been part of the Winter Games program since 1924, and in 1988 team competitions in this discipline were added to it.

14. Snowboard- the youngest of ski types a sport that involves descending from snow-covered mountain slopes on a special apparatus. First entered the Olympic program in 1998.

15. Freestyle- another type of skiing. Included in the Winter Games program since 1992.

In the course of preparation for the next Games, the issue of including new types of competitions in the Olympic program may be brought up for consideration by the IOC Executive Committee. So, at the Olympics in Sochi will be presented for the first time:

• ski jumping (women);
• team competitions in figure skating;
• relay race in luge;
• freestyle halfpipe (men and women);
• mixed relay in biathlon;
• freestyle slopestyle (men and women);
• slopestyle in snowboarding (men and women);
• parallel slalom (men and women).

Paralympic Winter Games

From 7 to 16 March 2014 Sochi will also host XI Paralympic Winter Games. Just like the Olympic Winter Games, they will be held on Russian territory for the first time. It is expected that they will take part more than 1.4 thousand people(participants and officials), including 700 Paralympic athletes from more than 40 countries, among whom the 72 sets of medals.

The first Paralympic Winter Games were held in 1976 in Örnsköldsvik (Sweden). Since 1992, the Paralympic Winter Games have been held in the same cities as the Olympic Winter Games. The organization responsible for the development of the Paralympic movement in the world is the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Refers to Paralympic five sports:

1. Biathlon. Visually impaired and hearing impaired athletes, as well as athletes with amputations and musculoskeletal disorders, can take part in it, but athletes with the same category of disability compete among themselves.

Biathlon was included in the Paralympic program in 1994.

2. Alpine skiing. Men and women take part in the competition different types disabilities: spinal injury, cerebral palsy, amputation, blindness or partial loss of vision. However, the competition is carried out between athletes with the same category of disability in order to ensure equal conditions for all athletes.

The first alpine skiing disciplines were included in the program of the very first Paralympic Games in 1976.

3. Ski racing. As in competitions alpine skiing, V ski racing Athletes with different types of disabilities participate, but the competition is between athletes of the same disability category. In relay races, teams are made up of three athletes with different types of disabilities.

This sport has also been included in the Paralympic program since 1976.

4. Wheelchair curling. It is played by two teams, whose goal is to hit a stone thrown across the ice as close as possible to the center of the drawn target. Team compositions can be mixed, that is, they can consist of both men and women.

Curling has been part of the official Paralympic Games program since 2006. This year our country will be represented in this sport for the first time.

5. Ice sledge hockey. The game consists of a confrontation between two teams, which, passing the puck with their sticks, try to throw it into the opponent’s goal as many times as possible, without letting it into their own goal. Athletes with functional impairments participate in it. lower limbs, the degree of which does not allow skating while standing. During the game, athletes move while sitting on a sled and use two sticks, serrated at one end and curved at the other. Using metal teeth, players push off the ice and use the curved end to hit the puck.

This sport was officially included in the Paralympic Games program in 1994. The Russian Paralympic sledge hockey team will take part in this sport for the first time at upcoming Games in Sochi.

Besides sports

The Olympic and Paralympic Games (hereinafter referred to as the Games) remain in the memory for a long time not only because of the spectacular ceremonies and exciting competitions, but also because of the unique artifacts and memorabilia that are in particular demand among collectors and fans of the Olympic movement. Among the artifacts of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Winter Games, in addition to mascots with the symbols of the Games in Sochi, it is worth highlighting philatelic products and numismatics.

Thus, for the 2014 Games in Sochi, four postage blocks, 45 postage stamps of different subjects, maximum cards and postcards, as well as sets of all issued postage stamps in artistic covers, were issued. Subjects for postal products were: winter views sports, Olympic sports facilities, as well as species of the Krasnodar region.

The Sochi 2014 coin program runs from 2011 to 2014 and provides for the release of coins (commemorative and investment) from both precious and non-ferrous metals. It should be noted that for the first time a commemorative banknote (with a face value of 100 rubles) was issued for the Games in Sochi.

Do you know that:

• the Winter Olympics have never been held in the Southern Hemisphere;
• artificial snow was first used at the XIII Winter Olympic Games in 1980 in Lake Placid (USA);
• the first Games to take place outside North America and Europe, became the XI Winter Olympic Games - they were held in Sapporo (Japan) in 1972;
• the only time in the history of the Games had to be postponed: in 1976 they were supposed to take place in Denver (USA), but due to financial problems of the organizers they were moved to Innsbruck (Austria). By the way, it was there that the official mascot of the Winter Games was first presented - it was a snowman named Tyrolin;
• the Great Britain team that won the World Hockey Championship at the 1936 Winter Olympics was composed almost entirely of Canadians;
• At the 2002 XIX Olympic Games in Salt Lake City (USA), a unique event occurred in figure skating: the Canadian couple Sale/Peletier received gold medals not by the decision of the judges, but as a result of public pressure. As a result, gold medals were awarded to both Russian couple Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze, who took first place, and the Canadians;
• Russian figure skater Alexey Yagudin, Olympic champion in 2002, is also a four-time world champion and three-time European champion, but has never won the Russian championship;
• The Sochi 2014 Olympic torch relay will be the longest and longest in the history of the Games. From October 7, 2013 (Moscow) to February 7, 2014 (Sochi), the Olympic flame will travel more than 65 thousand km, visiting more than 2,900 settlements in all 83 regions of the country. The total number of torchbearers is about 14 thousand people;
• manufactured for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi record number awards - 1300 medals. Their production took about 3 kg of pure gold, 2 tons of silver and 700 kg of bronze.

"SE" represents all Russian winners of the XXII Olympic Winter Games

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winners: Evgeny Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov, Tatyana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Soloviev (team tournament)

The Russian figure skating team won gold in the team tournament of the Olympic tournament, which was held for the first time at the Olympics. After eight events, the team consisting of Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeni Plushenko, duets of Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov scored 75 points. Second place went to Canadian skaters with 65 points, third place went to the US team with 60 points.

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winners: Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (pair skating)

Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov became two-time Olympic champions in Sochi, winning the tournament and pair skating. Taking into account short program they scored 236.86 points (84.17 + 152.69). Another representatives of Russia - Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (218.68) - became silver medalists of the 2014 Games.

Kind of sport: short track

Winner: Viktor An

Russians Viktor An and Vladimir Grigoriev became champion and vice-champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi at a distance of 1000 meters. On February 10, An won bronze at a distance of 1500 meters, which became the first medal in history for our country in short track speed skating. In 2006, at the Turin Olympics, he, competing for Korea, became the champion at distances of 1000, 1500 m, as well as in the 5000 m relay.

Kind of sport: skeleton

Winner: Alexander Tretyakov

Skeleton athlete Alexander Tretyakov, based on the results of four races, showed a time of 3 minutes 44.29 seconds, which brought him gold medal Games Silver went to Latvian Martins Dukurs (3:45.10), bronze to American Matthew Antoine (3:47.26). Tretyakov's gold became the first for Russian athletes in skeleton at the Olympics: in Vancouver Tretyakov was third.

Kind of sport: bobsled

Winners: Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda (two)

The Russian crew consisting of Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda won the two-man competition. The Swiss team took second place, the USA took bronze. Another one Russian team- Alexander Kasyanov and Maxim Belugin - became fourth, 0.03 seconds behind third place.

Kind of sport: snowboard

Winner: Vic Wild

Russian Vic Wild won gold at the Sochi Olympics in parallel giant slalom. In the first of the two final heats, he lost to Nevin Galmarini of Switzerland by 0.54 seconds, but won the second by 2.14. The bronze medalist of the Games was Slovenian Zhan Kosir. Let us recall that on the same day, Wild’s wife Alena Zavarzina brought Russia another award, winning bronze in the women’s competition.

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winner: Adeline Sotnikova

Russian Adelina Sotnikova is the Olympic champion of the 2014 Games in Sochi: this is Russia’s first ever gold in women’s single skating. The winner scored 224.59 points. The second was the champion of Vancouver 2010, Korean Yuna Kim. The third is Italian Carolina Costner. Another representative of Russia, Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in team competition Yulia Lipnitskaya is fifth.

Kind of sport: short track

Winner: Viktor An

Russian Viktor An won the gold medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi at a distance of 500 meters. On February 15, he won the Olympic final at a distance of 1000 meters. Thus, An became a five-time Olympic champion - the first in the history of short track speed skating. He won all four disciplines - 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the 5000 m relay. At the first two distances - in Sochi for Russia, at the last three - with Korea in Turin 2006.

Kind of sport: short track

Winners: Victor An, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov (relay)

The Russian team (Victor Ahn, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov) won the gold medal in the 5000 m relay at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi with an Olympic record. Viktor An became a six-time Olympic champion in short track speed skating. Let us note that at his second Olympics he won medals in all four disciplines: in Turin 2006, as part of the Korean national team, he had 3 gold (1000 m, 1500 m, relay) and 1 bronze (500 m). In Sochi he also had 3 gold (500 m, 1000 m, relay) and 1 bronze (1500 m). In addition, Ahn caught up with the famous American Apollo Anton Ohno in terms of the number of Olympic medals- 8 each.

Kind of sport: snowboard

Winner: Vic Wild

Russian Vic Wild won gold at the Sochi Olympics in parallel slalom. In the first of the two final races, he beat Slovenian Jean Kosir by 0.12 seconds, and in the second he maintained this advantage. The bronze medalist of the Games was Austrian Benjamin Karl. This gold was Wild's second in Sochi.

Kind of sport: biathlon

Winner: Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Shipulin (relay)

Russian four won the 4x7.5 km relay. This is the first gold for domestic male biathletes in the relay race since the 1988 Olympics.

Kind of sport: ski race

Winner: Alexander Legkov

Russian skiers triumphantly completed the men's 50 km ski mass start, taking the entire podium. Olympic champion Alexander Legkov became - his time was 1:46.55.2. Maxim Vylegzhanin won silver, Ilya Chernousov won bronze. Thus, Russia now has 12 gold medals, which provided it with an early victory in the team medal event at the home Olympic Games in Sochi.

Kind of sport: bobsled

Winners: Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov, Alexey Voevoda (four)

The crew of Alexander Zubkov, consisting of Alexey Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov and Alexey Voevoda, won gold medals at the Sochi Olympics in the fours competition. For Zubkov and Voevoda, this is already the second gold of the 2014 Games - they previously won the two-man competition. Latvia took second place in the fours tournament, and the USA took bronze. The crew of Alexander Kasyanov finished fourth, losing 0.03 seconds to third place. The bobsledders brought Russia its 13th gold and helped strengthen its leadership in the overall team standings both in terms of the number of top-quality medals and the total number. Russia repeated the record of the 1976 USSR national team in Innsbruck in terms of the number of gold medals. The total number of medals has now reached 33: 13 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze.

26 RUSSIANS - OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS SOCHI-2014

Saying goodbye to the XXII Winter Olympic Games, SE special correspondent in Sochi Artem AGAPOV marks with a dotted line the main events and achievements of the Russian team at the winter, hot, ours.

In Sochi 2014, the Russian team collected 13 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze medals. Both in the number of titles and in the amount of awards - 33 - a national Olympic record was set. In Soviet history, the bar of 13 gold medals with a total of 27 medals was set in Innsbruck 1976.

All over the world, the result of the hosts of the 2014 Olympics is compared (but not equated) with the achievements of Soviet athletes, who dominated the Winter Games and won the team event seven out of nine times from 1956 to 1988. IN last time Our Olympians retained the first place (due to gold - 11, in total - 23 - Norway and Germany remained ahead) in Lillehammer 1994. In addition, we will make a reservation that there are now more sets of awards, but the competition is also higher. And Russia is the first.

However, classical music “We are the champions!” should not drown out a sober analysis: that the hosts of the Games under-fulfilled and under-delivered, where they under-delivered and under-delivered, where they under-delivered and under-received. This does not in any way prevent us from paying tribute to the real heroes of the home Olympics. Just like nothing obscures the simple fact: the main start of the four-year anniversary is the tip of the iceberg, it represents the tip professional sports And highlights the many years of work of its elite.

AN UNCONDITIONAL PLUS

ZUBKOV'S GOLDEN DOUBLE

Russian medals (3 types - 2, 0, 0 ): Alexander ZUBKOV/Alexey VOEVODA (twos) - gold. Alexander ZUBKOV/Alexey VOEVODA/Dmitry TRUNENKOV/Alexey NEGODAILO (four) - gold.

Two of the three events belonged to the hosts of the Games; Alexey Voevoda took both titles together with Alexander Zubkov. Taking into account the technologies of bobsleigh, perhaps it was here that, together with the skeleton, the factor of the native field - the Sanok chute - was fully used. In both doubles and fours, the first Russian crew immediately took the lead and after that, if you like, played to hold. In both starts, the deepest disappointment awaited Alexander Kasyanov - twice he came fourth at a distance of 0.03 from bronze, which again was taken both times by the American Stephen Holcomb.

TO TITLE HEAD DOWN

Russian medals (2 types - 1, 0, 1 ): Elena NIKITINA (women) - bronze. Alexander TRETYAKOV (men) - gold.

Russian skeletonists even slightly exceeded the medal forecast, for which thanks to Alexander Tretyakov. His confrontation with Martins Dukurs, although the Latvians do not like it very much, ended in a convincing victory. Four equally fast acceleration times - it also happens that a strong passage of the track with a record in the first attempt - all this gave a golden result. And it worked to highly appreciate the team’s performance in this sport.

MEMORABLE LAST

STIRLITZ SKIING

Russian medals (12 types - 1, 3, 1 ): Dmitry YAPAROV, Alexander BESSMERTYNYH, Alexander LEGKOV, Maxim VYLEGZHANIN (relay race) - silver. Maxim VYLEGZHANIN, Nikita KRYUKOV (team sprint) - silver. Alexander LEGKOV (mass start) - gold, Maxim VYLEGZHANIN (mass start) - silver, Ilya CHERNUSOV (mass start) - bronze.

The men's part of the Russian ski team held the Games according to tradition for the whole country Olympic scheme: I bathed in bad luck at the start and collected everything I had and even a little more at the finish. Both the individual sprint and the team sprint were a test of the “all misfortunes are on our head” series. Obstacles that came under their feet, their own falls, broken poles, falling apart skis - all this left the Russians without medals at all in the first event, to the sadness of Sergei Ustyugov and others, with silver - in the second. The answer to the troubles was given first in the silver relay, and then in the marathon, in which Legkov, Vylegzhanin and Chernousov settled for first-second-third and organized the first Russian Olympic podium. Kra z the fight of Petter Northug.

Like the biathletes, the skiers came out of the Games beautifully, only here the understatement - and this is again confirmed by responsible persons and respectable experts - taking into account all the inputs, remained, even taking into account the fact that the opponents were not at all a mistake. As for women's issues, everything is subtler and more complex. They worked to the best of their ability and gave out the maximum without any awards, despite the seriousness of the competition - this does not add whist.

Other teams had their heroes. Marit Bjorgen won the skiathlon, team sprint (with Ingvild Ostberg) and mass start. With this, the 33-year-old Norwegian became six-time Olympic champion and the owner of ten medals, the most successful woman in the history of the Winter Games. Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk took gold in individual race, publishing in social network X-ray of a broken foot. Swiss Dario Cologna became a two-time Sochi champion three months after ankle surgery. As a result, Norway and Sweden collected 11 ski medals each, the former remained ahead in gold - 5 with 2 silver and 4 bronze medals versus 2 with 5 and 4, respectively.

HAVE QUESTIONS

YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THE "ORANGE"

Russian medals (12 types - 0, 1, 2 ): Olga GRAF (3000 m) - bronze. Olga FATKULINA (500 m) - silver. Olga GRAF, Ekaterina LOBYSHEVA, Yulia SKOKOVA, Ekaterina SHIKHOVA (team race) - bronze.

Adler Arena gave home field advantage to the Dutch. No, the passionate stands supported the Russians first and even second, only then treating the rest of the competition participants kindly. But the ice of the oval, as it turned out, turned out to be somehow Heerenveen , under Sven Kramer and company. Not without this, and also due to skill, preparation and luck, the “orange” in 12 disciplines occupied the entire podium four times and won 23 medals - 8 gold (and these two figures for one event are Olympic records), 7 silver and 8 bronze. Irene Wüst collected biggest catch Sochi awards - five.

The rest received two or three medals at most. At the same time, the fate of the men's "one and a half" was decided by 0.003 - that is how much the Pole Zbigniew Brodka won against the Dutchman Koon Verwey. The Russians joined the rest through the efforts of Olga Graf and Olga Fatkulina. In the men's segment, Denis Yuskov and Ivan Skobrev were unable to please with any valuable metal. Plus or minus the medal plan coincided, with the exception of hopes for gold in any of the starts.

WHO IS AFTER DEMCHENKO?

Russian medals (4 types - 0, 2, 0 ): Albert DEMCHENKO (singles) - silver. Tatiana IVANOVA, Albert DEMCHENKO, Alexander DENISIEV/Vladislav ANTONOV (team) - silver.

Despite all the convenience of “Sled” for domestic bobsledders and skeleton athletes, the home field factor did not work for the lugers. Another, more important component was important here - the technical superiority of the German team. Felix Loch, Nathalie Geisenberger, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt expectedly and categorically collected all the gold in Sochi, and Tatiana Hüfner took another silver. The Russians still objected with the help of Albert Demchenko. At the seventh Olympics, the 42-year-old athlete added two silvers to the title of vice-champion of Turin 2006. And he left the same question: who can replace him in the near, not the distant future. Italian Armin Zoggeler announced his retirement by becoming the first athlete to medal at six Winter Olympics.

FRAME OF THE DAY

Russian medals (10 types - 0, 0, 1 ): Alexander SMYSHLYAEV (mogul) - bronze.

Canada collected gold-silver in the men's and women's moguls, with a double from Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe (the third of the sisters, Maxime, remained 12th), and in the women's ski cross for a medal total of 4+4+1. The USA took the entire podium in men's slopestyle with a total of 3+2+2, and France in ski cross with a total of 1+2+2. Belarus shot gold in the acrobatics of Alla Tsuper and Anton Kushnir.

Russia took credit for Smyshlyaev's slightly unexpected bronze in the art of descending a hilly slope with turns between two rows of gates. Well, in addition, there is something that cannot be measured by medals - for example, Yegor Korotkov’s finish in the quarterfinals of the ski cross competition (a contact - and dangerous to health and even life - race with various obstacles). Having got out of the rubble, the Russian last push put his hands forward and became the first after Swiss Armin Niederer in a dispute with the Swede Viktor Eling Norberg and the Finn Jouni Pellinen. This shot became the best shot of the day. There was no need to capture the awards after Smyshlyaev’s surprise.

IDLE

IN DREAMS OF TEN

Russian medals (10 types): No.

On the Sochi tracks, Austria was out of competition - 3 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze, pushing the USA (2+1+2), Switzerland (2+0+1), Germany (1+1+1) and leaving behind wedged into the number best Slovenia (2+0+0). Help for the Russians, no matter how harsh it may sound for athletes, will now be four ski resort Sochi. The ability to dash down a mountain still needs to be trained and practiced. Because it’s one thing to skate for fun, as the famous violinist Vanessa Mae did at the Games, and another thing to aspire to something serious. Despite the involvement of many not only our own, but also foreign specialists, our athletes are still far from the achievements of Evgeniy Sidorov from 1956 and Svetlana Gladysheva from 1994 - they are the only domestic skiers who were noted among the medalists of the Games, and even beyond their dreams - to be in the top ten - no one made it to Sochi.

AVVAKUMOVA TEST

Russian medals (4 types): No.

Kamil Stoch brought two golds to Poland, Karina Vogt and the men's team brought two to Germany. But for Irina Avvakumova, the winner and prize-winner of several stages of the World Cup of the new season, the “card” did not go well. In her debut event at the Games, she placed 16th, which cannot be considered a successful Olympic test. However, men cannot boast of such a result. However, the Sochi legacy - the experience gained and springboards - will definitely come in handy in the future.

LAST PLACE

Russian medals (3 types): No.

Norway was unattainable in this event - 2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze. Russian biathletes who for a long time they didn’t have modern springboards for training, and after Vancouver they basically reassembled, they didn’t jump over their heads. And that's putting it mildly. In the “K-95 and 10 km” combination, Evgeniy Klimov finished last, 45th, “K-125 and 10 km” - Ivan Panin was placed in 43rd place in the final protocol; in the team competition, the hosts also remained behind everyone with a huge lag.

NO REWARDS

Russian medals (2 types): No.

Canada in curling is like in hockey. She beat all competitors, so Sweden and Great Britain remained second or third. Russia has men for their debut at the tournament so high level performed well, three wins with six defeats - it was hardly possible to achieve more. But the same statistics for girls is a sign of a game close to failure.

Make discounts for youth women's team Russia doesn’t have to, with victories at the European Championships behind it. At the same time, it was not possible to achieve progress compared to Vancouver (the same 3-6), despite the invitation of the Varangian Thomas Lips as a coach. The showdown with Lyudmila Privivkova before the Olympics and smoke without fire around the mentor with Anna Sidorova during the tournament, when throwing as part of the team, this could not but affect the result. Okay, medals - the Russians should have made it to the playoffs, that’s the opinion of experts, but instead they left the stage early.

ABSOLUTELY MINUS

OUT OF THE GAME

Russian medals (2 types): No.

In the men's Olympic tournament, Russia dreamed of gold, in the women's - "small" gold, since it was impossible to keep up with Canada and the USA. Both of them experienced deep disappointment. If for the beautiful ladies a lot of things came down to the problem of finishing in the quarterfinals with Switzerland, then for Zinetula Bilyaletdinov’s charges everything is more complicated. And it’s not just that our collective, players’ and fans’, high expectations turned out to be our problem.

It’s worth adding to the sad list what I didn’t want to believe - a short bench without jokers capable of shooting, individual mistakes in the play of the defenders, a toothless attack despite all the star power. Pavel Datsyuk pulled Ilya Kovalchuk and Alexander Radulov behind him on one leg, while Evgeny Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin pulled the blanket in different directions. And Zinetul Bilyaletdinov did not come up with a solution to the situation here and in the matter of team play. Individual talents, when tested at the highest level, again did not form a collective puzzle.

The Canadian women's team won its fourth straight Olympics on a 20-match unbeaten streak. Its final with the USA eclipsed many matches in the men's tournament in terms of entertainment and drama. Sidney Crosby and company, under the skillful hand of Mike Babcock, outplayed and crushed all their opponents, suffering the most with Finland in the group round and Latvia in the quarterfinals. In the decisive match, which the opponents came to along their own “northern” path, the “Maples” against Sweden simply took their toll. Second gold in a row, first outside North America in 62 years, and so on and so forth. While Russia was on a downward spiral at five NBA Olympics (the fiasco at the home Games can be ranked lower than the defeat by Canada in Vancouver), the hard-working and collective Finns collected medals at four of them, and the Canadians drew three “stars.”

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These were the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014. Hot, winter, ours. Thanks to all those who competed and won, cheered passionately in the stands - our people in the stadiums and volunteers are the same heroes of the Games as the athletes, they created a unique atmosphere - and worried in front of the TVs.

Photo - AFP, REUTERS, Fedor USPENSKY "SE", Alexander FEDOROV "SE"