22nd Winter Olympics start tomorrow

Sport

The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games start on 7 February 2014 in Sochi, Russia.

Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007, during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City. The Sochi Olympics will be the first Olympics in the Russian Federation since the breakup of the USSR in 1991. The USSR was the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines will be held throughout the Games; a number of new competitions will be held during the Games, including biathlon mixed relay, women’s ski jumping, mixed-team figure skating, mixed-team luge, half-pipe skiing, ski and snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard parallel slalom.

Schedule: http://www.sochi2014.com/en

 

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