Sochi Winter Olympics 2014, Russia

1. Sochi Winter Olympics
2014, Russia
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2. This is the first time Russia is hosting the Winter
Olympics.
This is the 22nd Winter Olympics.
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3. The games are being held from
February 7th- 23rd, 2014.
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4. The Paralympic Games will be held from March 7th -16th,
2014.
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5. Sochi, considered the
longest city in Europe (approximately 148 kilometers or
92 miles), is a resort city in the Krasnodar Krai territory.
Sochi's population is approximately 400,000.
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6. Ice events will be held in a "cluster” near the
Black Sea in the Imeretinskaya Valley.
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7. The second "cluster" will be for skiing and sliding
Events and will be held in the Krasnaya Polyana
Mountains.
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8. The Most Expensive Olympics in History
The 2014 Sochi Olympics are estimated to be the costliest
ever, at $51 billion beating the Beijing Summer Games
($46.5 billion).
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9. Sochi Olympic torch was carried by 14,000 bearers on
foot, bus, plane and many other forms of transportation
over 65,000 Kilometers for 123 days across 2,900 cities
and villages.
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10. 87 nation’s athletes are competing in Sochi Winter
Olympics, 2014.
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11. The number of athletes competing in the 2014,
Winter Olympic and Paralympic games are 3,500.
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12. 1,300 medals are to be awarded in Sochi. This,
according to the official Sochi 2014 website, is
a record high.
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13. The gold medal contains 525 grams of silver and
6 grams of gold. This year's gold medal values at
approximately $566.
Source – Forbes.com
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14. A silver medal contains 525 grams of silver and
its value is approximately $323.
Source – Forbes.com
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15. The bronze medal are made of copper mixed
with zinc and tin (the elements of bronze) and
values at $3.25.
Source – Forbes.com
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16. The main design feature is a “Patchwork Quilt”—
depicting a mosaic of national designs from the
various cultures and ethnic groups that make up the
Russian Federation, according to the Sochi Olympics
organizing committee.
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17. The design also depicts the varied landscape of Sochi,
with the sun’s rays reflecting through a prism of snowy
mountain tops onto the beaches of the Black Sea coast.
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