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Sabado, Pebrero 8, 2014

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

The 22nd Winter Olympics opened awhile ago at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia. The Olympics will run from February 7 to 27 with over 88 nations and over 2900 athletes participating in 98 events in different sports event.




This will be the first time that Russia will host the Olympics after the USSR broke down in 1991the last one was in 1980 Moscow , Present in the opening ceremony are different Heads of States led by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Olympic Committee Chairman Thomas Bach spearheaded the opening of the ceremony with performances of different Russian performers featuring the Great and Colorful History of Russia. The Sochi Winter Olympics became controversial few days before the Opening ceremony after Russia prohibits Homosexual Propaganda to Minors in the country that sparked protest from the LGBT Community not only in Russia but worldwide because it violates the Human Rights of LGBT Athletes 

The three official Mascots of Sochi 2014 Olympics Leopard , Zaia and Bely Mishka
The Olympic torch was carried by the Greatest Athletes of Russia starting with Maria Sharapova and the Olympic cauldron was lighted by Irina Rodnina and Vladislav Tretiak. Signaling the beginning of the Winter Games tomorrow morning.

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