The Olympic games in Sochi .

A White Hare A Snow Leopard A White Bear

Big Ice hockey arena will be the main palace during the Olympic Games. The Ice Palace, located in the Olympic Park, is designed for 12,000 spectators. Its putting into operation is planned for May 2012.

Olympic events in Sochi. - Winter Olympic Events:

Biathlon -Bobsleigh -Skeleton - Curling - Ice hockey- Tobogganning Figure skating- Short-track- Mountain skiing- Cross-country skiing- Ski Jumping- Freestyle Snowboarding-

BIATHLON -

Biathlon For today the program of the Olympic winter games includes five events in biathlon for men and five for women:individual race, sprint, chase race, mass startrelay race.

Toboggan (Luge) It is downhill racing on a sledge along a special route with artificial ice.

The position on the back makes the body gravity control one of the most difficult elements.

SKI- JUMPING At the Olympic games only men participate in ski-jumping.

NORDIC COMBINED - includes both ski-race and ski-jumps

CURLING Only women can take part in it.

ICE-HOCKEY- It is one of the most popular winter games in Russia, Canada, USA, Sweden, Switzerland and many other countries.

ICE HOCKEY is a game for strong, fearful and creative men.

Figure skating In the program of the Olympic games figure skating is distinguished by pair figure skating and dances on ice. In total 4 sets of awards are played out.

Individual competitions among men and women are also very interesting. Plushenko is a real leader in a Russian team.

Snowboarding Snowboarding includes six types of events: half pipe, parallel large slalom and snowboard-cross connect (men and women).

MOUNTAIN SKIINGAlpine skiing was born in the ALPS

Freestyle Ski acrobatics and ski-cross are included into the program of the Olympic games in freestyle mogul. In each type of competitions both men, and women can take part.

Skeleton Skeleton represents descending on a special route with artificial ice in a skeleton, a sledge with turbular runners on a hardened frame.

BOBSLEIGH -

Bobsleigh Bobsleigh represents downhill racing from mountains on special routes with artificial ice on controlled sledge (bobs). The program of the Olympic games includes three types of competitions: for men on two- and four-seater bobs, for women on dyadic beans. Thus, all 3 sets of awards are played out.Bodsleigh is downhill racing on a special sledge, a bob, along the artificial track.

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