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The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22ndWinter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event being held in Sochi,Russia.

Scheduled for 723 February 2014, opening rounds in figure skating, skiing, and snowboard competitions were held on the eve of the Opening Ceremony, 6 February 2014. Both the Olympics and 2014 Winter Paralympics are being organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOC). Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007,during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City. It is the first Olympics in Russia since the breakup of the USSR in 1991. The USSR was the host nation forthe 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

A total of 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines are being held during the Games. A number of new competitionsa total of 12 accounting for genderare being heldduring 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. The events are being held around two clustersof new venues; an Olympic Park constructed in Sochi's Imeretinsky Valley on thecoast of the Black Sea, with Fisht Olympic Stadium and the Games' indoor venueslocated within walking distance, and snow events in the resort settlement of Krasnaya Polyana.

In preparation, organizers focused on modernizing the telecommunications, electric power, and transportation infrastructures of the region. While originally bud

geted at US$12 billion, various factors caused the budget to expand to over US$51 billion, surpassing the estimated $44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympicsin Beijing as the most expensive Olympics in history.

The lead-up to the 2014 Games was marked by major controversies, including allegations of corruption leading to the aforementioned cost overruns, concerns for the safety and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) athletes and supporters during the Games due to the country's recent restrictions onthe promotion of LGBT sexual relationships (which have led to ongoing protests)and various security concerns over threats by jihadist groups tied to the insurgency in the North Caucasus.

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1 Bidding process2 Financing3 Venues3.1 Sochi Olympic Park (Coastal Cluster)3.2 Krasnaya Polyana (Mountain Cluster)3.3 Tentative post-Olympic usage4 Marketing4.1 Emblem4.2 Mascots4.3 Video game4.4 Stamps5 Construction5.1 Telecommunications

5.2 Power infrastructure5.3 Transportation5.4 Other infrastructure6 The Games6.1 Torch relay6.2 Opening ceremony6.3 Participating National Olympic Committees6.3.1 National houses6.4 Sports7 Medals

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7.1 Medal table8 Calendar9 Security9.1 Measures9.2 Incidents10 Media10.1 Filming10.2 Broadcasting rights11 Sponsors12 Concerns and controversies12.1 LGBT rights12.2 Budget and infrastructure issues12.3 Security threats13 Notes and references14 External linksBidding process

Main article: Bids for the 2014 Winter Olympics

Sochi residents celebrate IOC's decision to hold 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,4 July 2007.Sochi was elected on 4 July 2007 during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) session held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, defeating bids from Salzburg,

Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea.[2] This is the first time that the Russian Federation has hosted the Winter Olympics. The Soviet Union was the host of the 1980 Summer Olympics held in and around Moscow.

2014 host city election ballot resultsCity Country (NOC) Round 1 Round 2Sochi Russia 34 51Pyeongchang South Korea 36 47Salzburg Austria 25 Financing

Funds approvedfrom 2006 until 2014

Year Billions of roubles[3]2006 52007 162008 322009 272010 222011 272012 262013 222014 8As of October 2013, the estimated combined cost of the 2014 Winter Olympics hadtopped US$51 billion.[4] This amount includes the 214 billion roubles (US$ 6.5 billion) cost for olympic games themeselfs and cost of Sochi infrastructurual pro

jects (roads, railroads, power plants). This total, if borne out, would be overfour times the initial budget of $12 billion (compared to the $8 billion spent for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver), and would make the Sochi games the most expensive Olympics in history, exceeding the estimated $44 billion cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[5] which hosted 3 times as many events.[6]

According to Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee President and CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko, partnership and commercial programs allowed the use of funds generated by Sochi 2014 for the 200910 development period, postponing theneed for the state funds guaranteed by the Russian Government. He confirmed tha

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t the Organizing Committee had raised more than $500 million through marketing in the first five months of 2009.[7] The Russian Government provided nearly 327 billion roubles (about US$10 billion) for the total development, expansion and hosting of the Games.[8] 192 billion roubles (US$6 billion) coming from the federal budget and 7 billion roubles (US$218 million) from the Krasnodar Krai budget and from the Sochi budget. The organizers expect to have a surplus of US$300 million when the Games conclude.[9]

Financing from non-budget sources (including private investor funds) is distributed as follows:[10]

Tourist infrastructure: $2.6 billionOlympic venues: $500 millionTransport infrastructure: $270 millionPower supply infrastructure: $100 millionVenues

Main article: Venues of the 2014 Winter OlympicsSochi (Afro-Eurasia2)SochiSochiLocation of Sochi on the coast of the Black Sea (north of Turkey).With an average February temperature of 8.3 C (42.8 F) and a humid subtropical climate, Sochi is the warmest city to host a Winter Olympic Games.[11] Sochi 2014 i

s the 12th straight Olympics to outlaw smoking; all Sochi venues, Olympic Park bars and restaurants and public areas are smoke-free during the Games.[12]

Sochi Olympic Park (Coastal Cluster)The Sochi Olympic Park was built by the Black Sea coast in the Imeretin Valley,about 4 km (2.5 miles) from Russia's border with Georgia.[13][14] The venues areclustered around a central water basin on which the Medals Plaza is built, allowing all indoor venues to be within walking distance. The new venues include:[15]

Fisht Olympic Stadium ceremonies (opening/closing) 40,000 spectatorsBolshoy Ice Dome ice hockey (final), 12,000 spectatorsShayba Arena ice hockey, 7,000 spectators

Adler Arena Skating Center speed skating, 8,000 spectatorsIceberg Skating Palace figure skating, short track speed skating, 12,000 spectatorsIce Cube Curling Center curling, 3,000 spectatorsMain Olympic villageInternational broadcasting centre and main press room