The Olympic Games in Sochi 2014

2014. It was great !!!

in Guatemala City .It was the first Olympics in Russia

since 1991.

The Olympic Torch

The Olympic torch has a design of a bird's feather
Colour- silver and red
Height – 95 sm.
Weight – 1,5 kg.
Quantity – 14.000

Mascots.

Sochi.
The Games were held from 7-23 February 2014 in Sochi.
Both

the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics were organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOC). A total of 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines were held during the games.

Olympic Park was built by the Black Sea coast in

the Imeretin Valley
The Park includes:
Fisht Olympic Stadium-ceremonies(opening/closing)
40,000 spectators
Bolshoy Ice Dome – ice hockey(final),12.000 spect.
Shayba Arena- ice hockey
7,000 spectators.
Adler Arena Skating Centre-
8,000 spectators
Iceberg Skating Palace,12.000

The Opening Ceremony.

The Opening Ceremony took

place on February 7,2014.
It was mainly focused around Russian culture,music,history.
3.000 people from artistic groups participated in dances,ballet,acrobatic and circus performances.
40,000 people watched the performance....
Figure scater Irina Rodnina and ice hockey player Vladislav Tretiak lit the torch.

The Olympic medals
Sochi's medal design

was unveiled in May 2013
The design is intended to resemble Sochi's landscape with its mountains and Russia's
regions
Those who won gold medals on the 15th of February received special medals with fragments of the Chelyabinsk meteor.

Disciplines.


Alpine skiing (10) (details)
Biathlon (11) (details)

Bobsleigh (3) (details)
Cross-country skiing (12) (details)
Curling (2) (details)
Figure skating (5) (details)
Freestyle skiing (10) (details)
Ice hockey (2) (details)
Luge (4) (details)
Nordic combined (3) (details)
Short track speed skating (8) (details)
Skeleton (2) (details)
Ski jumping (4) (details)
Snowboarding (10) (details)
Speed skating (12) (details)

the Olympic Games.

on the 23rd of February 2014.
The ceremony was dedicated to

Russian culture and people who live in Russia :well-known and not...

They are the winners!!!

The Paralympic Games.
7-16 of March,2014

Games.
WE ARE THE FIRST AGAIN!!!!
16-GOLD MEDALS
18- SILVER MEDALS
13- BRONZE MEDALS!!

select -выбирать
A host -хозяин(ка)
A torch – факел
A mascot - талисман
To

be held -проводить
Events- события
Organizing Commettee-Организац-ый комитет
By the coast – на побережье
The Imeretin Valley-Имеритинская долина
To include-включать
To participate-учавствовать
To lit- зажигать
To resemble-напоминать

Quiz:

What year was Sochi selected the city of the Olympic Games (OG)
What country was it in?
What is the design of a torch? What metal was it made of?
How many mascots did the OG have?Name them.
When were the OG held in Sochi?
What is the number of skating rinks in Sochi?
How many people watched the Opening ceremony?
Where was it?
How many disciplines were there in the OG?
What place did the Russian Federation win?
How many medals did they get?
When did the Paralympic Games take place ?
What was the place of Russia?