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Along with the 2008 Russian presidential election, on 2 March 2008 there was an unofficial election held in Sochi to elect the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics. 270,000 voters along with their ballots received a coupon with four mascot candidates: Ded Moroz, a snowflake, a polar bear and a dolphin.
During the Olympic Winter Games, it housed athletes competing in hockey, curling, figure skating, speed skating, and short track. [18] Yelena Isinbaeva served as the "mayor" of this village, and its mascot was the Polar Bear. Andrey Elinson was in charge of developing the Sochi 2014 Olympic Village
The 2014 Winter Olympics were the most expensive Games in the history of the Olympics. While originally budgeted at US$ 12 billion, major cost overruns caused this figure to expand to US$51 billion, more than three times the cost of the 2012 London Olympics and even surpassing the estimated cost of US$44 billion for the 2008 Summer Olympics in ...
AP A snow-boarding snow leopard took home the gold, winning a vote to be one of three official mascots of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The winner was announced live on Russian TV ...
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
The design of Zoich, the proposed mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Zoich (Cyrillic: Зойч, pronounced) was a proposed mascot for the XXII Winter Olympics from the official online poll to select a mascot for the 2014 Sochi games. Throughout the online voting, it was the most popular mascot from those submitted.
For the first time in Olympic history, a public vote was held to decide the mascots for the 2014 Winter Olympics; the 10 finalists, along with the results, were unveiled during live specials on Channel One. On 26 February 2011, the official mascots were unveiled, consisting of a polar bear, a snow hare, and a snow leopard. The initial rounds ...
The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics Medal standings Country Total 1 Canada 2 2 1 5 2 Norway 2 1 4 7 3 Netherlands 2 1 1 4 4 United States 2 0 2 4