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Figure Skating Slots Secured for Team GB for Sochi 2014

Team GB have secured three figure skating athlete quota places for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games; Team GB will compete in ice dance and th...

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Horsepool sets high standards for Sochi-bound speed skaters

Great Britain’s short track speed skating performance director Stuart Horsepool claims they have made a statement of intent ahead of the Winter ...

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Win or bust for Christie at Sochi Winter Olympics

Great Britain’s Elise Christie admits it will be win or bust for her attempts of claiming short track speed skating gold at the 2014 Sochi Winte...

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Gilmartin eyeing further progress as Sochi 2014 approaches

Charlotte Gilmartin’s fledgling short track speed skating career continued on an upward trajectory last season and she’s confident if it carries...

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BOA Hosts Planning Workshop in Preparation for Sochi 2014

With the opening of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games less than 10 months away, the British Olympic Association (BOA) today hosted a planning ...

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Game Facts

Host Nation Russia
Duration 7 - 23 February 2014
Competing Athletes Approximately 2,800
Sports 7
Disciplines 15
Events 98
Competition Venues 10

Ones to watch

Mica
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Mica won a silver medal in the 2 man bob with Jazmin Sawyers at the inaugural Innsbruck 2012 Youth Olympic Games. She has since gone on to take a bronze in the 2012 World Junior Championships. As Mica continues to impress, she is on track for p...

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Adam (AJ) Rosen finished 16th in Vancouver 2010, his second Winter Olympics. Best result this season is 23rd in the World Cup in Winterberg. He will be competing in the World Championships in Whistler from 1st Feb after which he will...

Jonathan
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As two time Olympian, European gold medallist and world record holder, Jon is one of the most experienced members of the GB Short Track team. 

The Solihull native began skating at just 18 months old and soon developed a passion for...

James
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James Woods is five times British Freestyle Champion, and has come 3rd and 4th at Winter X Games Europe over the past two years. Last year, James finished in the top ten in Slopestyle at the FIS World Ski Championships, and 2nd place at the Wor...

Lizzy
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Lizzy Yarnold, finished 9th in the World Cup standings last season, having won 2 of the four World Cup’s she entered. She was also the Junior World Champion and the bronze medallist at the World Champs, has continued to impress and is cur...

Tom
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The men's curling team is skipped by Tom Brewster. They finished 7th in the Euros, however they have been world silver medallists the last 2 years.

Tom was skip for the team that won the silver medal at the 2011 and 2012 World champ...

Jenna
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Winter Olympian Jenna McCorkell is the 10 times British Champion and the single most successful female ice skater ever to hail from Northern Ireland. She was the youngest ever skaters to make it onto the national squad at age 10 years old. Now ...

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Amanda Lightfoot from South Shields will be only the second ever British female to compete in the Winter Olympics if selected. She has produced a string of GBR female best results in the past 2 seasons. She is 26 years old and serves in the Adj...

Venues

"Fisht"
Olympic
Stadium

The "Fisht" Olympic Stadium is located in the Olympic Park so that the spectators have a magnificent view on both mountain peaks in the north and the sea in the south. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000.

"Bolshoy"
Ice
Dome

The "Bolshoy" Ice Dome is part of the complex of facilities operated by the International Ice Hockey Federation and will have a capacity of 12,000 seats.

"Shayba"
Arena

The “Shayba” Arena is designed to accommodate 7,000 spectators. The venue will host Olympic ice hockey competitions. It is a moveable venue, making it possible to be dismantled and transported for post-Games use as an Ice Palace in another Russian city.

"Ice
Cube"
Curling
Center

The "Ice Cube" Curling Center is located in the Coastal Cluster, within the grounds of the Olympic Park. It is a moveable venue.

Iceberg Skating Palace

Iceberg
Skating
Palace

The Olympic Skating Center plays a crucial role in the Sochi 2014 concept. The Olympic Skating Center is a moveable venue . As such, it is located at the heart of the Coastal Cluster – Olympic Park.

Adler Arena

Adler
Arena

The Adler Arena is an oval-shaped facility with two competition tracks and one training track. The size of the Adler Arena meets the requirements of the International Skating Union (the track length is 400 m). It is located in the center of the Olympic Park.

"Laura"
Cross-country
Ski
&
Biathlon
Center

The Center includes two isolated stadia, each with their own start and finish zones, two isolated track systems for Skiing and Biathlon, shooting area and warm-up zones.

"Rosa
Khutor"
Alpine
Center

The Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort is located at the Aibga Ridge. It is a single venue and will host all Alpine Skiing disciplines: Downhill, Combined (downhill and slalom), Giant Slalom and the Super Giant Slalom. The total length of the competition tracks is 20 km

"RusSki
Gorki"
Jumping
Center

The "RusSki Gorki" Jumping Center is located in Esto-Sadok village on the northern slope of the Aibga Ridge. The complex is comprised of the latest Olympic K-95 and K-125 ski jumps.

Sanki Olympic Sliding Center

Sanki
Olympic
Sliding
Center

The Sliding Center "Sanki" is built at the Alpika Service Mountain Ski Resort, with its track finishing area at Rzhanaya Polyana. State-of-the-art ice preparation technology ensures optimum temperature control along the entire length of the track.