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If you are interested in stories about the Olympics, then join us soon, as the topic of this article is the history of the Winter Olympic Games, which have their own starting points, their own champions and their own interesting facts. I guarantee that you will learn a lot of interesting things! So let's get started.

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How it all began, or the start for winter competitions

Perhaps the Olympics would have been held only in the form of summer competitions, if not for the same Pierre de Coubertin, who initiated the revival.

In 1922, on his initiative, a commission was set up to organize a demonstration week of winter sports. And it was organized to promote the main competitions -. After all, strange as it may seem, such ice disciplines as figure skating and hockey were already included in the summer list.

The sports week was held in the Alpine French town of Chamonix, where 293 athletes from 16 world powers gathered.

The existing disputes around the recognition of the winter competitions as the Olympics were resolved by the cunning act of the French Prime Minister, who opened the event. He took and proclaimed the games competitions organized under the auspices of the Olympic Committee.

Moreover, during the competition, although not hoisted at the opening ceremony, the Olympic flag was set on two tracks - bobsleigh and springboard. These arguments were enough to recognize the 1924 Winter Games as the Olympic Games. Thus began a new milestone in the history of Olympic sports.

Initially, the winter competitions were held in one year along with the summer ones, with an interval of four years. But since 1994, they began to pass through a two-year gap after the summer ones. As a result, today we have the Olympics every two years.

Like the summer competitions, the winter competitions were not held in 1940 and 1944, during the World Wars, but unlike them, the games that did not take place in the winter were not assigned numbers.

The countries of Europe and North America competed in the first winter sports competitions, Russia did not participate, as well as the subsequent ones until 1956 - many world powers did not recognize our country for a long time.

The most interesting about the Winter Olympics

First winners and first mistakes

The first gold medal of the first winter competition was awarded to the skater from America, Charlie Juthrow.

All other victories went to athletes from Norway and Finland. Most of the winners are Norwegian skiers.

But the main character of the 1924 Olympics was the figure skater Sonya Henie, the youngest participant. She was not yet 12 years old at the time.

In the first among the Olympic awards, an unfortunate mistake was made, corrected only after 50 years! In 1974, scholar Jakob Hage, who studied the history of winter competitions, discovered a judicial error in counting votes in ski jumping, which led to the wrong possession of a bronze medal. The award has found a hero - sportsman Andres Haugen at the age of 86!

During the first Winter Olympics, there were crushing falls. Just imagine that hockey players from Canada beat the Czechs 30:0, and the Swiss team - 33:0. There was no such score for the entire Olympiad time!

The Winter Games became famous for the first boycotts.

1. German athletes were not allowed to compete, as their homeland was considered the instigator of the World War.
2. Athletes from Estonia and Argentina, although they came, refused to participate.
3. Some athletes from Sweden did not go to France for a rather strange reason: they would simply not be allowed into a country with chewing tobacco banned from being imported into the French state.

The host countries of the Olympics

The Winter Olympics have been hosted by various powers, including:

Also among the countries that hosted the Winter Games were:

• Germany (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) - in 1936,
• Norway (Oslo) - in 1952,
• Yugoslavia (Sarajevo) - in 1984,
• Norway (Lillehammer) - in 1994,
• Russia (Sochi) - in 2014.

The Korean city of Pyeongchang has been chosen as the venue for the next Winter Olympics in 2018.

Medal winners

Over the entire period of the winter competitions, six countries have become winners in medals, including:

• Russia (including the time of the existence of the USSR) - 9 times;
• Norway - 7 times;
• Germany (including the former GDR) - 4 times;
• Canada, America and Sweden - 1 time each.

According to Olympic statistics, Norway is considered the winner in terms of the total number of medals won for the entire period from 1924 to 2014, taking home 329 medals (118 of the highest standard, 111 of silver and 100 of bronze).

However, if we count the awards that were received not only by the USSR and Russia together, but also by the combined team of the CIS republics, formed after perestroika times and performing only once in the entire Olympic history, then the Russian piggy bank will count 341 medals.

Messed up Olympic rings

Oddly enough, it sounds, but for 20 years from 1952 to 1972, the Olympic emblem was hung out with rings mixed up in color, rather than the original.

And an ordinary spectator at a rehearsal in Japan noticed such a ridiculous mistake. The indignant organizers had no choice but to admit their mistake, looking at the source. So keep an eye on the Olympic Games and see if you find something special!

Winter Olympic Flame

For the first time, the Olympic flame of the Winter Olympics was lit in 1936 in Germany, and Adolf Hitler opened the ceremony.

But the first Olympic torch relay started in 1952, during which the marathon runner carrying the Olympic torch was accompanied by athletes, and their number was equal to the number of the Olympics. Each flare stage was 1 kilometer.

The Sochi Winter Olympics broke all records: the Olympic flame marathon began on October 07, 2013 in the Russian capital and ended at the Sochi stadium on February 07, 2014, covering more than 60,000 kilometers and involving more than 14,000 torchbearers.

The VII Olympic Winter Games were marked by a curiosity. Skater Guido Caroli, who was carrying the torch with the Olympic flame, tripped over a TV cable and fell.

The fire went out and had to be lit again. Can you imagine how worried this Guido is?!

Talismans

Like every summer Olympics, the winter competitions began to choose their mascots. The first of them appeared at the XII Games, it was a snowman.

After him, raccoon, wolf cub, polar bears, even fairy-tale characters - an elf, a bigfoot and a sea bear were used as mascots.

At the XVII Olympiad, people became symbols for the first time - they were the Norwegian boy Haakon and the girl Kristin.

For a long time they drew and chose among the proposals of the mascots of the competitions in Sochi among the proposals proposed by the contestants. They became:

1. Snowboarder Leopard.
2. A figure skater Zaika, who is an excellent student at her Forest Academy.
3. Skiing, skating and curling White Bear.

Weird weather

In 1928, nature played a joke on skiers in Switzerland. The 50 km race started at zero degrees, but by the finish line the scale had risen to 25 degrees Celsius, preventing many from finishing the distance. As they say, who managed ...

There are 15 disciplines in the Winter Olympics today that require ice and snow. For the first time, artificial snow cover was used in 1980 in America.

Unforgettable opening ceremonies

Each country is trying to make the opening ceremony and the Olympics memorable. So, in 1968 in France, after the pronunciation of the Olympic oath from the sky from helicopters, it rained down on the stadium from 30 thousand scarlet roses.

Japan also surprised its viewers with 18,000 balloons simultaneously released into the sky with 800 children.

High tech

In 1948, Switzerland provided all sports facilities with chronometers that turn on automatically at the start and turn off at the finish.

The innovations concerned the calculation of the points given by the judges when evaluating figure skating in 1952 in Norway - computers began to do this for people.

Unofficial mottos

Winter competitions are also called the White Olympics. In addition to the main motto, there are two more unofficial ones formulated by the activist of the Olympic movement Coubertin

"Sport is the world!"

“The main thing is not to win, the main thing is to participate!”

These are the interesting moments in the history of the Winter Olympic Games from their start to the present day. We will wait for new victories and new achievements!

And now I propose to recall the brightest moments of the Winter Olympics in Sochi. There is something to be proud of!

I say goodbye to you until we meet again. Good luck with the school relay for excellent grades.

Evgenia Klimkovich.

Where will the fire of the next Olympics be lit? Will Asia become the center of sports competitions? These are questions that everyone wants answered. South Korea, the 2018 Olympics - these components have come together in a single whole, which promises a lot of interesting things.

Intrigue

Quite recently, the closing of the Winter Olympics in Sochi took place. Behind the ups and downs, joy and broken hopes. Only life does not stand still. If the Russian organizers breathed a sigh of relief and went on a well-deserved rest, then in distant Pyeongchang, on the contrary, the preparation work is just beginning. How to coordinate preparation activities? What grandiose changes await the Russian football infrastructure? Will new stadiums be built and ski slopes laid? What, besides carnivals, will Brazil please us in 2016? Many new prospects and tasks are set before humanity by preparation for competitions at the planetary level. Are we ready to deal with them? The construction of Olympic facilities is a serious test for any country. The higher the bar, the more requirements. You can't stop half way. How is the preparation going, what difficulties do the organizers face? Let's try to figure it out.

Why Pyeongchang

Only on the third attempt did South Korea achieve the desired result. Previous applications ended in fiasco, and Vancouver and Sochi celebrated the victory. Finally, the whole world found out where the 2018 Olympics will be. Kim Jin Sun has been appointed President of the Organizing Committee. In Sochi, the Olympic functionary studied ways to manage infrastructure and adopted the experience of Russian colleagues.

What do we know about South Korea? This Asian country is developing rapidly. Today, the sports infrastructure has excellent ski slopes and sports facilities. This greatly simplifies the preparation for the games. A peculiar climate will allow athletes to compete and get a charge of vivacity and health. Clean mountain air will contribute to setting new Olympic records. The region is subdivided into mountainous and coastal clusters. Communication between them will be supported by trains. In addition to sports facilities, the country has many attractions that guests will appreciate. South Korea, the 2018 Olympics is a fateful event that will allow this Asian country to further strengthen itself in the world community. Therefore, Pyeongchang was chosen for the honorary role of the host of the winter 2018.

When and where will the Summer Olympics take place?

No one will know when and where the 2018 Summer Olympics will be, because the time gap between them is 4 years. After the grand sports event in London in 2012, South America became the venue for the next one for the first time. The country of carnivals and fun - Brazil - will meet guests from all over the world in the summer of 2016. The preparation is not without difficulties. The biggest problem will be transportation. Landscape features limit the rapid movement to the Olympic Park. Brazilians are laying a new metro line to minimize the time spent by everyone who wants to visit the spectacle. This task is complicated by the fact that when laying the subway line, you have to break through solid granite. In addition to the new branch, communication will be supported by new bus routes. The Maracanã stadium, which is supposed to be the venue for the grand opening and closing, is rather outdated. It is currently undergoing a complete renovation. Also, the velodrome should light up with a new life. The organizers promise to bring it in line with all Olympic requirements. But the venue in 2020 will again be Asia. Tokyo - this city expects fans. Unlike Pyeongchang, where the 2018 Olympics will be held, the country of new technologies, Japan, will meet everyone at the Summer Olympics.

Football Challenges 2018

Everyone knows how many spectacles and positive emotions the Olympics can offer. In football, 2018 will be marked by the holding of the World Cup in Russia. Mundial, as you know, is not inferior in terms of entertainment. The geography of this event will amaze with its scale. Football battles will be hosted by Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, and Yekaterinburg. And although 2018 is still 4 years away, preparations are proceeding at a rapid pace. Sports arenas in cities are in various stages of mobilization. A completely new concept is being developed for the Luzhniki stadium. Construction is already underway in St. Petersburg. In some cities, preparation is at the level of drafting. Architects take into account the peculiarities of each region. The landscape, remoteness from other objects, the possibility of transport communication are considered. For example, in St. Petersburg the stadium will be located on an island. Accordingly, there is a need for an interesting and extraordinary solution to the transport issue.

Financing

Funding will be provided by the operating budget (FIFA Organizing Committee). The second component, on which the lion's share falls, are the funds allocated by the host country. This includes investor funds. Even a special budget program has been created, consisting of 11 sections. The organizers promise free travel for fans, as well as visa-free entry into the country. Russia will once again show its high level of organization of such events after Sochi. The FIFA World Cup in Russia will be a spectacular continuation of the sporting events in PyeongChang, where the 2018 Olympics will be held. It is no secret to anyone that holding competitions of this level is an important mission. Aleksey Sorokin, General Director of the Organizing Committee, assured that Russia will cope with this honorable task perfectly. The preparation committee consists of 48 people. By 2018, their number should increase to 2000.

prospects

Nothing brings nations together like the joint efforts to prepare for sports competitions. In 2016 in Brazil, where the next Summer Olympics will take place; 2018 - in Russia, where the World Cup is waiting for us; and 2018 - in South Korea, where skiers and biathletes clash in battles - everyone is preoccupied with the same problems. The main one is the timely completion of construction. In Pyeongchang, projects of 6 new sports facilities are at the stage of completion. Infrastructure construction has already begun. The mountain resort of Alpensia, where competitions in cross-country skiing, biathlon, luge, bobsleigh, skeleton are planned, has always been distinguished by a high level of service. There are 6 ski slopes of different levels. The jumping board offers an amazing view of the future In Hwen Park, the opening and closing of the Olympic Games are planned. Giant slalom competitions will be held in Enhepen. In addition, all fans will be able to visit the winter sports museum.

Difficulties

In Brazil, the difficulty arose with the choice of construction site. Local residents oppose the demolition of their homes and relocation to apartment buildings. Architects and organizers hardly manage to convince people that the Olympic district, built using the latest technologies, will become one of the best and most beautiful places in the city after the Games. In addition, the local population will have new jobs. Engineers are struggling with the organization of treatment facilities at the site of the construction of future facilities. In recent years, the ecological state of the multi-million metropolis has deteriorated significantly. The place where rowing competitions will be held is called the garbage lagoon. Turning this corner into a paradise requires ingenuity and professionalism. The global partners of the Olympic Committee make a great contribution to the construction of new facilities. One example is DOW. By introducing innovative technologies, construction specialists turn sports infrastructure into a fairy tale. The Asian Olympics 2018, where the battle will take place in 7 winter sports and their varieties, is no exception.

Results

It does not matter which sport is more like this or that person. Will it be a kind of summer or winter Olympics. Or maybe a hot battle of football players at the next World Cup. Where will the 2018 or 2020 Olympics take place. Everyone understands that competitions of this level are primarily designed to unite peoples, consolidate joint efforts, and learn from each other's experience. Children of all countries will be happy with the new stadiums. Perhaps it is here that new Olympic champions will grow up. And already they will inscribe new names in the legendary chronicle in golden letters. And although everyone knows the famous motto of the Olympics "The main thing is not victory, the main thing is participation", I would like to wish everyone exactly victory!

TASS-DOSIER. On February 9, 2018, the XXIII Winter Olympic Games will open in Pyeongchang (Republic of Korea).

The Winter Olympic Games are the largest international winter sports competition. They have been held since 1924 every four years under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.

Division of the Olympics into summer and winter

The first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896 in Athens (Greece). Until 1924, there was no division of the Olympics into summer and winter. Winter sports competitions were held as part of the 1908 and 1920 Games, but a few months before the opening of the main competitions or after them, in the fall. Since 1924, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games have been held separately.

First Winter Olympics

At the first Winter Games in Chamonix (France) from January 25 to February 5, 1924, 16 sets of medals were played in nine disciplines - bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, military patrol races (the prototype of biathlon), ski racing, Nordic combined and ski jumping. 258 athletes from 16 countries took part in the competition. The largest number of awards in the unofficial medal standings were received by representatives of Norway (17), Finland (11), the USA and Great Britain (4 each). In terms of the number of first places, the Norwegians and Finns won (4 each), beating the Austrians and the Swiss (2 each).

Venues for the Winter Olympics

During 1924-2014 the winter Olympics were held 22 times (in 1924-1992 - in the same year as the summer ones). The Games, which were supposed to be held in 1940 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) and 1944 in Cortina d'Ampezzo (Italy), were canceled due to World War II. They were not assigned a serial number (the Summer Games, which were not held due to the First and Second World Wars, retained their numbers). In 1994, the Games in Lillehammer, Norway took place two years after the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, in order to avoid winter and summer Games in the same year in the future.

The Winter Olympics were held in the territories of 11 states. Four times the competition was hosted by the USA (1932, 1980 - Lake Placid; 1960, Squaw Valley; 2002, Salt Lake City), three times - France (1924, Chamonix; 1968, Grenoble; 1992, Albertville), two times - Switzerland (1928, 1948 - St. Moritz), Norway (1952, Oslo; 1994, Lillehammer), Italy (1956, Cortina d'Ampezzo; 2006, Turin), Austria (1964, 1976 - Innsbruck), Japan (1972, Sapporo; 1998, Nagano) and Canada (1988, Calgary; 2010, Vancouver), once each - Germany (1936, Garmisch-Partenkirchen), Yugoslavia (1984, Sarajevo; now the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Russia (2014, Sochi ).

Sports represented at the Winter Olympics

Currently, the program of the Winter Games includes 15 disciplines: biathlon (permanently since 1960), bobsleigh (1964), alpine skiing (1936), curling (1998), speed skating (1924), Nordic combined (1924), ski racing (1924), ski jumping (1924), luge (1964), skeleton (2002), snowboarding (1998), figure skating (1924), freestyle (1992), ice hockey (1924), shorts track (1992).

The most titled teams and athletes

The most titled team during the Winter Olympics is the Norwegian team, whose athletes won 118 gold medals. It is followed by the USA (96), Germany (78, excluding the awards of the United German Team in 1956-1964, as well as the FRG and the GDR in 1968-1988) and the USSR (78; excluding the nine gold medals won by athletes of the Joint Team in 1992 and 47 gold medals won by athletes of the Russian Federation since 1994).

The most titled athlete in the history of the Winter Games is the Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. In 1998-2014 he won eight gold, four silver and one bronze medals.

The most titled athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics is the Norwegian skier Marit Bjorgen. In 2002-2014 she received six gold, three silver and one bronze medals.

Winter Olympic Games 2018

XXIII Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang from February 9 to 25. It is expected that 2925 athletes will take part in the Games, representing 92 National Olympic Committees. They will compete for 102 sets of medals. At the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, four types of programs will be presented for the first time: mass start in speed skating (men and women), big air in snowboarding (men and women), double mixed curling (teams of two people - men and women) and team competitions in alpine skiing.

The 2018 Olympics will be held in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang from February 9 to 25. Traditionally, this event is one of the most anticipated, because millions of fans around the world will have a wonderful opportunity to see the spectacular competition of the best athletes of our time. There will be about 2,500 of them at the Olympics from more than 90 countries, while 102 sets of awards are planned to be played in various winter disciplines.

It should be noted that not many countries wanted to host the 2018 Winter Olympics. The following have submitted applications to the IOC:

• Annecy (a city in the southeast of France);
• Munich (a city in southern Germany);
• Pyeongchang (South Korea).

The main reason for the rejection of the French application was the too frequent OI. The last such event took place in this country in 1992, and in its sovereign history, France has hosted the Olympics 5 times (only the United States has more). In addition, senior officials from this country ignored the final part of the selection of the venue for the Olympics, as a result of which the chances of the French bid to win became completely illusory. Munich (Germany) could be an excellent venue for the Winter Olympics 2018, but the IOC members considered that not so long ago, Germany hosted the main sporting event of the four years (in 1972). As a result, the first games after the fall of the Berlin Wall in the united territory of Germany did not take place.

Choosing Pyeongchang, the IOC functionaries pursued two goals, the main of which was the popularization of winter sports in Asia. In addition, this South Korean city has already applied for the Olympic Games for the third time, and the last time it was insultingly lost to Sochi with a difference of only 4 votes. Pyeongchang won the right to host the Olympics already in the first round, overtaking its competitors by a huge margin (63 votes against 25 for Munich and 7 for Annecy). The judges were bribed by the determination with which the city was moving towards its goal, because over the past few years, construction of sports facilities and related infrastructure has not stopped in South Korea. After the official announcement of the winner, the joy of the South Korean delegation knew no bounds.

In what sports will medals be played?

At the moment, only 15 types of winter sports are recognized as Olympic. This list includes:

• skating;
• skiing;
• ski jumping;
• ski biathlon;
• figure skating;
• skiing;
• luge;
• short track;
• freestyle;
• snowboard;
• skeleton;
• biathlon;
• bobsled;
• curling;
• hockey.

At the 2018 Olympics in South Korea, medals will be awarded for the first time in 6 new disciplines, including mass start in speed skating (for men and women), big air in snowboarding (for men and women), team competition in alpine skiing, double - mixed in curling. Two disciplines were deleted from the list of sporting events - parallel slalom for men and women. The number of disciplines is final and not subject to change, as stated in the resolution adopted at the IOC meeting on June 8, 2015.

Sports objects

Almost every fan knows where the Winter Olympics 2018 will take place, but at which venues the main sporting events of the four years will take place remains a mystery to many. The main venue for the upcoming event, where the opening and closing ceremonies of the games are planned, will be Hwenge Park, which has a capacity of 75,000 people. Among other objects it should be noted:

• ski center "Alpensia" (at the same time 15,500 spectators can be accommodated);
• ski jumping center "Alpensia" (capacity - over 60,000 spectators);
• center of biathlon competitions "Alpensia" (capacity - 26,500 spectators);
• Yonpyeong ski base (capacity - 18,000 spectators), etc.

Also worth mentioning are several indoor sports venues, including the Gyongpo Ice Hall, which will host figure skating and short track competitions, and the Gwangdong University Sports Arena, which will host most of the hockey matches of the Olympics, including the final match.

Now 7 out of 13 objects are completely ready and put into operation. This summer, an IOC commission visited Pyeongchang to assess the pace of construction of the necessary infrastructure. According to officials, the schedule for the construction of stadiums, training bases, tracks, sports complexes in the country is not only in accordance with the deadlines, but also significantly ahead of them. Considering how much South Korea wanted to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, these claims should be credible.

How much will tickets cost?

The organizers of the event tried to make ticket prices affordable, thanks to which even the most wealthy fan will have the opportunity to see one of the sporting events with their own eyes. The only exception will be the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2018 Winter Olympics. The cost of the cheapest admission ticket will be at least 168 euros, while many are ready to purchase tickets at this price. The most expensive tickets in the central sectors can be redeemed for 1147 euros apiece.

The minimum ticket price for less attended sporting events (traditionally short track, skeleton and bobsleigh) is estimated at 15 euros. The maximum ticket price for the final part of popular sports (hockey, biathlon, figure skating, skiing) will be 689 euros. More than half of the tickets for all 15 disciplines of the Olympiad are sold in the price range of 60-70 euros. In October of this year, fans will be able to redeem the coveted tickets on the Internet on the official website of the games.

Ticket prices are comparable to those for the 2008 Olympics in Vancouver and slightly lower than for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. You should take care of purchasing tickets in advance, because the price list will definitely not fall cheaper than the indicated amounts. In addition, as the competition in South Korea approaches, the cost will only increase, and on the day of the competition it will be possible to buy tickets only from resellers. They most often set a price that is 2-3 times the face value of the purchase, so going to Pyeongchang in the midst of the Olympics and hoping to get a cheap ticket there is at least stupid.

Symbols of the 2018 Olympics

The official emblem of the event is uncomplicated, expressive and quickly stored in the memory of the fans. It consists of four straight lines connected in the form of an unfinished square. Each of these lines symbolizes three harmonious elements:

1. sky,
2. earth;
3. person.

The second symbol is made in the form of a five-pointed star, symbolizing two winter elements - snow and ice. It is noteworthy that the logo of the Olympiad-2018 uses traditional colors for South Korea, such as yellow, black, blue, red and green. According to IOC President Jacques Rogge, he has not seen a more successful combination of elements of national culture for a long time, because the created emblem helps to understand the worldview of the Korean people and discover something new.

When choosing a mascot for the event, the organizers sought to associate it with folk mythology. As a result, the white tiger was ideally suited for this role, symbolizing strength, trust and protection from evil in South Korean fairy tales. The color of the mascot is also associated with winter sports, and the name has a deep meaning. The name of the tiger Soohorang can be divided into two parts, the first of which Sooho literally translates as "protection". The second part of rang means "tiger" and closely echoes the folk music of the same name in the province where Pyeongchang is located. Mascots have been an official attribute of the Winter Olympics since the 1972 Munich Olympics, when a dachshund was chosen for this role.

Thus, the next 2018 Olympics promises to be one of the largest, well-prepared and exciting events. Eminent athletes will gather here and try to prove to fans, judges, and the world community that they deserve the title of the best in their discipline. Spectators have to wait for this unique event that can impress even the hardened skeptic with its entertainment, uncompromising struggle and sensational results.

The composition of the Russian team

After the whole sports world shuddered in 2015 from another doping scandal, in which the names of the country's best athletes appeared, the trip of our team to South Korea remained in doubt. In the fall of 2017, the WADA leadership even announced that they would refuse to restore the rights of RUSADA, which would automatically mean a complete disqualification of all Russian athletes.

And now, when only a few weeks are left before the start of the first competitions, the decision has been made - Russia will be represented at the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, but only those athletes who will fully comply with the strict requirements of the World Anti-Doping Agency will be able to represent the country. moreover, they will have to act under a neutral flag.

According to the decision of WADA, they will definitely not go to South Korea:

Also, the list of those who lost the chance for a long-awaited medal included athletes who did not appear directly in the scandal, but who had various violations in their history mentioned in the WADA requirements, namely:

Denis Yusakov, who was justified earlier, and six-time champion Viktor An, who was generally far from doping scandals, did not receive an invitation, which could not but cause a storm of indignation among the fans of these young and talented athletes.

When the lists of those who were denied participation became known, they caused a real shock, because it became even more difficult to understand the principle of selection. Thus, in addition to those already suspended from participation in the 2018 Olympics, the following were added:

Of course, such a decision immediately before the start of the competition seriously undermined the quality of the team. But, among those who got the opportunity to fight for medals in Pyeongchang, there are many young and very talented athletes who have a chance to get a long-awaited medal and defend the honor of the country.

The official website of the Russian Olympic Committee already has the official list of the national team, which includes 169 people:

Form of the Russian Olympic team

In 2018, our Olympians will come to the opening of the Winter Olympics in a new uniform. The Zasport sports collection includes 72 pieces of clothing for various sports, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies of the winter games.

Traditionally, the basic colors are white, blue and red, but at the same time it fully complies with the strict rules of the IOC. In particular:

• colors, even in individual elements, do not add up to a tricolor;
• there is no coat of arms of the Russian Federation on the clothes of athletes;
• the uniform is decorated with a special Olympic emblem with the inscription Olympic Athlete From Russia.

At the time of the first winter games, the athletes did not even suspect that they were participating in the Olympics. In February 1924, they gathered in the small French town of Chamonix for a competition organized by the hosts of the Paris Summer Olympics called the International Winter Sports Week. The next year, the International Olympic Committee decided to regularly hold the Winter Games and declared the competitions held in Chamonix the first Winter Olympics. So the American speed skater Charles Jewtraw found out to his surprise that he was the first champion in the history of the Winter Games.

The second games were already held according to all the rules - a competition of cities took place, and the Olympic flame was lit at the opening ceremony in the winning St. Moritz, Switzerland. Before the break in the Olympics caused by the Second World War, the winter games in the American Lake Placid (1932) and the German Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1936) managed to take place. The first post-war winter competitions were again held in the Swiss St. Moritz (1948), but the athletes who lost the war to Germany and Japan were not invited to them.

In 1956, the winter finally came to the server of Europe, whose states always get the lion's share of medals. VI games were held in the Norwegian capital, in Oslo. After 46 years, Norway once again hosted the Winter Olympics - the XVII Games were held in Lillehammer. Oddly enough, no other Nordic country has hosted the Winter Olympics to date. But in the USA they took place four times (1932, 1960, 1980, 2002), in France - three (1924, 1968, 1992). The games were held twice each in Japan (1972, 1998), Austria (1964, 1976), Canada (1988, 2010) and Italy (1956, 2006). Once the winter forum of Olympians took place in Yugoslavia (1984). In 2014, Russia should be added to this list, having received the right to host the XXII Games, and in another four years - South Korea, which will become the host of the XXIII Winter Olympics.

Tip 2: When and where will the 2018 Winter Olympics take place

Since ancient times, the Olympic Games have been considered the main sports competitions among people. They were not held for a very long time, but in 1896 they were resumed again. In 2018, the 23rd Winter Olympic Games will be held.

The 23rd Winter Olympic Games will be held from February 9 to 25, 2018 in South Korea, in the city of Pyeongchang. This time, only three cities competed to host these competitions, and on July 6, 2011, the world community recognized the capital of the 23rd Winter Games.

Athletes from almost a hundred countries will be involved in this event. Approximately the same number of sets of medals in 7 sports will be played. By the way, Pyeongchang could host the Winter Olympics already in 2014, but lost to our Sochi by only four votes.

A number of sports facilities were built specifically for the games in this city. In particular, a new ski and biathlon stadium, a ski jumping park and so on.

How to get or how to get to the Olympics

There is no airport in Pyeongchang itself. But it is located in the neighboring town of Wonju, to which there are direct flights from Moscow. Therefore, it will not be difficult for Russian fans to get into competitions. You can also first get to Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and then move to Pyeongchang by car, bus or train. On average, such a trip without a flight will last about three hours.

There is also a ferry from Vladivostok to South Korea. And this is also an option in order to get to the main sporting events of the four years.

Russia has high hopes for its men's ice hockey team and biathletes at these games. Figure skaters, curlers, skiers, snowboarders should also please with medals.

When visiting Pyeongchang, in addition to the Olympic venues, be sure to visit the sacred and religious temples of Buddhists, historical museums, monasteries and amusement parks.

You can buy tickets in Russia for the Olympics on several Internet resources. Such an event takes place every four years, and you should definitely visit it.

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