Olympic Games
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It is a natural desire of any country to perform worthily at the upcoming Sochi Olympics and receive the maximum number of medals. That is why the strongest athletes are selected for the Olympics. Russia is no exception. How is the Russian Olympic team formed, and who gets the honorary right to join it?
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Bobsleigh and skeleton competitions are an exciting sight. After all, athletes fly along the ice chute at great speed and at the same time still manage to choose the most optimal position on the bends in order to save an insignificant fraction of a second, which can ultimately lead to victory
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The Sochi Olympics attracts the attention of all residents of Russia. New ultra-modern sports facilities under construction, the arrival of a large number of eminent athletes to the country - all this is of great interest. And many want to find work at the Olympics to see everything with their own eyes
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In the winter of 2014, the Olympic Games will be held in Sochi. Many people want to attend this spectacular sporting event - both domestic citizens and representatives of foreign countries. Having bought tickets, it is important to take care of accommodation for this period
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The Olympic Games are an important event in the life of any country, and Russia is no exception, where the Winter Olympics are held in Sochi. But with all the positives of this event, it was not without scandals, and therefore you can often hear that a number of countries are ready to declare a boycott of the 2014 Olympics
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You can get to Sochi to watch the 2014 Winter Olympics by various means of transport, both by air and by land. The choice of the appropriate option should be in accordance with the available budget and the availability of a particular transport in the village
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"Real men play hockey." The lines from this song, created during the Soviet era, are well known to millions of people. Indeed, ice hockey is one of the toughest, potentially dangerous, but also the most spectacular, exciting sports
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Hockey matches are the most expensive and most anticipated competitions of the upcoming Sochi Olympics. Russian fans expect only victory from the national team. And what do the athletes themselves and those who directly lead them to victory think about the 2014 Games?
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In preparation for the 2014 Winter Olympics, several scandals erupted at once. They are connected with the theft of funds allocated for the preparation for the Games, threats from sexual minorities, as well as criticism of the event by Russian citizens
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Each Olympic Games has its own talismans, which are part of the Olympic symbols and help to better convey the national flavor of the host country of the competition, and also bring good luck to athletes. Most often, an animal or a fictional creature is used as an Olympic mascot
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The next Winter Olympic Games will be held in Sochi from 7 to 23 February 2014. For two weeks, many thousands of fans who have come to this Black Sea resort city, and hundreds of millions of TV viewers around the world, will closely follow the competitions of the strongest athletes
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Hosting the Olympic Games is not only a great honor for any country and city that has become their capital, but also a great responsibility. Indeed, in addition to the construction of new and modernization of existing sports facilities, it is necessary to improve the city infrastructure, the work of public transport, ensure the safety of participants and guests of the Olympics, and resolve issues related to their placement
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The mascots of the Winter Olympic Games, which will take place in the city of Sochi, were chosen on February 26, 2011 during the final voting on the First TV Channel. It was the viewers who decided the fate of the first three places. And before that, an intermediate stage of selection took place
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The coastal and mountain clusters are groups of sports facilities for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, located on the Black Sea coast and in the mountainous area near the village of Krasnaya Polyana. The distance between the clusters is 48 km
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During the Soviet Union, the names of our skaters thundered all over the world. Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov, Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov, Irina Rodnina, Natalia Bestemyanova and Andrey Bukin - everyone knew these athletes
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The 2014 Olympics has become the most expensive in the history of all competitions of this kind. A lot of sports facilities were built especially for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. The most important of them are located in the coastal and mountainous sectors
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The detailed script of the enchanting show, which will open the XXII Olympic Winter Games, of course, will remain a secret for the audience until the ceremony itself. But something has already become known to journalists. In the spring, central publications published a general plan for the opening ceremony of the games in Sochi
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Very soon Russia will host a grandiose sporting event - the first Winter Olympic Games in the history of our country. Of course, such an event requires colossal preparation. And not only athletes, but also artists, because before the start of all sports competitions there will be a spectacular opening ceremony for the Sochi-2014 Olympics
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There is very little time left before the opening of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. National teams from more than 80 countries will come to this sports festival. Of course, numerous foreign tourists will come to support their compatriots and wish them success
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The opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi will be perhaps one of the most memorable in history. This celebration will take place on February 7th. It will be possible to watch it both with your own eyes from the center of events and in front of the TV screen
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To predict the results of the 2014 Winter Olympics, the Sochi zoo taught local otters for six months to develop the abilities of oracles. However, sports analysts seriously predict competition in a less dubious fashion. In this difficult matter, perhaps, we will not trust animals
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The Olympic Games in the southern city of Sochi will begin very soon - on February 6 next year - and will last until the 23rd of the same month. The land of the Krasnodar Territory will become the second in Russia, after the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, which hosted one of the most prestigious international competitions
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The Olympic Games are the most striking sporting event in the world, which will be attended by hundreds of athletes from different countries. Those who are lucky enough to step on the Olympic podium will forever remain an example for millions, and their achievements will be preserved in the history of world sports
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The first Olympic mascot appeared in 1968 in Grenoble. It was an image of a skier, who was given the name Schuss. But officially he was not yet considered a talisman. He entered the set of all Olympic symbols 4 years later at the next Olympics
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For the second time, the XXII Olympic Games will be held in Russia - the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in Moscow, and the resort town of Sochi won the right to hold a winter sports festival with the same number. There is still a year and a half before this event, but the organizing committee of the competition is already providing enough information to get an idea of what will happen at the Sochi Olympics
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The International Olympic Committee was created in 1894 for the revival, subsequent development and promotion of the Olympic movement. The IOC can have no more than 115 members, and they are not required to be professional athletes. The main function of the IOC is the organization and conduct of the Olympic Games, but the tasks of the committee are not limited to this
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The host country of the Olympic Games tries to make the opening and closing ceremonies memorable, to use all possible achievements of technical thought, to give a bright national flavor. However, some traditions remain unchanged and serve to decorate each closing ceremony of the Olympic Games
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Ancient Greece gave humanity a lot of value - from unsurpassed examples of fine art, sculpture, literature and architecture, to philosophy and democracy. But the Greeks left us as a legacy and the Olympic movement, the Olympic Games, which are held every two years in different countries of the world
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The XXII Winter Olympic Games 2014 will be held in the Russian resort city of Sochi. They will be held from 7 to 23 February and will become the second Olympic Games in history held in Russia. In 1980, the Summer Olympics took place in Moscow
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As part of the modern Summer Olympics, competitions are held in 28 sports, some of which have several subspecies. Throughout the history of the modern Olympic movement, the program included a total of 40 sports, but 12 of them were eventually removed from the list by the Committee
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The opening of the Olympic Games is a colorful and vivid show, which is a cross between a carnival and a sports show. Traditionally, the national anthem of the country hosting the Olympics is first heard and its flag raised. After that, the parade of sports delegations begins
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The awarding of the winners is one of the most solemn ceremonies held in the framework of the Olympic Games. The decision on the need for its organization was made by the First Olympic Congress back in 1894, and since then the awarding has been held in accordance with the established rules
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The very first Olympic Games were held back in 776 BC. in Olympia. According to legend, the athletes performed in front of Zeus himself. Competitions lasted until 394 BC, until they were banned by Emperor Theodosius I. The new Olympic movement - the one that everyone knows today - began in 1896 in Athens
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At the XXX Summer Olympic Games that ended in London, the best athletes of the planet were awarded 302 times with medals of the highest standard. However, although the medals for the first place are called gold, in fact, there is not much of this noble metal in them
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The Olympic Games have their own symbols, that is, the attributes inherent only in these competitions. Their goal is to popularize the idea of the Olympics. Any commercial use of the symbols is prohibited. The symbols are: the Olympic flag, emblem, medals, anthem, oath, fire, slogan, olive branch, talismans, fireworks
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Politics often interferes with the Olympic Movement. Acts of public protest during the holding or preparation of the next Olympic Games always attract the attention of the world community. A striking example of this was the boycott of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, which was supported by almost all countries of the socialist camp
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Several years before the collapse of the socialist camp, the next Summer Olympic Games were held in Los Angeles. The previous Olympics was marked by a boycott of the Games by a number of countries. The reasons for refusing to participate in the Olympic Games were political motives, in particular, the aggravation of relations between NATO and the Soviet Union
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At the end of the 19th century, a commission was assembled in Paris to revive the Olympic Games. A little later, the International Olympic Committee - IOC was organized, it included the most authoritative and initiative citizens of different countries
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On the eve of the main Olympics in the world, many are wondering what sports are included in the Winter Olympics. How sports are included in the Olympic program The entire organization and solution of problems related to the Olympic Games is handled by the IOC - the International Olympic Committee, located in the city of Zurich
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Many sports competitions were held in ancient Hellas. The Greeks attached great importance to physical perfection, and all kinds of games and competitions aroused everyone's interest. The most popular and significant were the Olympic Games, held every four years in the town of Olympia, in the northwest of the Peloponnese peninsula