Anna Hambardzumyan, Yerevan Armenia
05.02.2014
In the sport world one of the most important upcoming events is the winter
Olympics of 2014. This year, Russia is opening its doors with the motto of “Hot, cool, yours” for the sport fans, who are eager to enjoy the major international multi-sport beautiful event of the year.
Olympic Games are scheduled to take place from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi resort city in the Krasnodar Krai, Russia, with some events taking place in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana. This will be the first time that the Russian
Federation will host the Winter Olympics.
The nations participating is 88, including
Armenia. The number of athlete’s participating is above 6000.
At $50 billion and counting, the 2014
Winter Olympics, in Sochi, will be the most expensive Olympic Games ever. The whole money spent on this event is much higher than the money spent for the 2008 Beijing summer Olympics, which was for about
$40 billion dollars. This year there are nominated 15 types of winter sports such as hokey, bobsled, curling and a variety of other games. Let’s remember, that our
Armenian team includes 4 participants and
2 professional coaches. Team of sportsmen’s consists of 2 girls, and 2 boys participating both in ski jumping and snowboarding. By the words of the coaches, our athletes are well prepared and have the prospective of keeping our
Armenian flag flaunting higher and higher.
The average price of the tickets for the games starts from 200 RUB up to 15000
RUB for the couple, depending on the sport type and the number of seats. The price of the opening ceremony tickets costs about 50000 RUB.
Russia promised $122.000 to each of its gold medal winners. The medals of the
Sochi 2014 Olympic Games have been given a bright and original design with the signature "Patchwork Quilt". The unusual combination of the glass and