The XXII Winter Olympic Games will be held in Sochi. The city won this right in 2007, during the 119th session of the International Olympic Committee in Guatemala, and in 2010, the hosts received the Winter Olympics flag during the closing ceremony of previous competitions in Vancouver. For the year before the start of the Olympics, its program was adopted and approved.
Olympiad program
The competition schedule was approved by the International Olympic Committee and the sports federations. Before the start of the Olympics, the possibility of a slight adjustment of the program is not excluded. You can familiarize yourself with it and keep abreast of all the changes on the official website of the Olympiad.
On February 7, 2014, the opening ceremony of the Games will take place, and the first awards of the Winter Olympics will be raffled off on February 8. On this day, skaters will be able to compete for one set of awards, four more will be drawn among skiers: one each in biathlon and freestyle and two in cross-country skiing. Hockey, luge, ski jumping and figure skating competitions start on the same day. The closure of the Olympic Games is scheduled for February 23. On the final day, the last awards will also be played - the hockey teams will have the final match, and the skiers will take part in the last race.
Competition venues
In accordance with the plan of the organizing committee at the XXII Winter Olympic Games, sports facilities are divided into two clusters - coastal and mountain. The latter's sports facilities are located in Krasnaya Polyana. There will be competitions that require a difference in altitude (ski jumping, snowboarding, bobsleigh, luge, etc.). There are also built tracks for cross-country skiing and biathlon. In addition to sports facilities, the mountain cluster will have a media village - a press complex.
The coastal cluster occupies a strip of the Black Sea coast. There will be competitions on ice rinks - tournaments in curling, hockey, figure skating, speed skating. For this, special sports facilities were built in Sochi and Adler. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics will take place at the Fisht stadium, which can accommodate 40 thousand people. The official website of the Olympics sells tickets for this event, which can be purchased until the opening of the Olympic Games in Sochi.
