2014 Winter Olympics

The XXII Olympic Winter Games, held in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to 23, 2014. They featured 98 medal events across 15 winter-sport disciplines.

Yuzuru Hanyu: Japanese figure skater who won the men’s singles gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. His victory made him the first Asian man to win Olympic men’s singles figure skating.
Russian doping scandal: A series of investigations into state-supported doping and sample tampering in Russian sport. Evidence tied to Sochi exposed manipulation of Russian athletes’ doping controls.
Sochi Olympic Park: A coastal Olympic complex in Sochi that housed indoor venues and the Games’ central ceremony area. It concentrated ice sports and ceremonies near the Black Sea coast.
Host city selection for the 2014 Winter Olympics: The IOC process that selected Sochi over Salzburg and PyeongChang to host the 2014 Winter Games. The 2007 vote established Sochi as the first Russian city to host a Winter Olympics.
2010 Winter Olympics: The XXI Olympic Winter Games, held in Vancouver, Canada, from February 12 to 28, 2010. Vancouver provides the preceding Winter Games for comparison with Sochi’s new venues and infrastructure.
Adelina Sotnikova: Russian figure skater who won the women’s singles gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Her win was the first Olympic women’s singles figure-skating gold for Russia.
McLaren Report: A 2016 investigative report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency on doping in Russian sport. Its findings described sample swapping at the Sochi anti-doping laboratory.
Krasnaya Polyana: A mountain resort area near Sochi that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics’ alpine and sliding events. Its mountain venues were linked to the coastal cluster by new transport infrastructure.
Vladimir Putin: Russian politician who served as president or prime minister during much of the Sochi Games’ development. He made the Games a prominent national project and advocated Sochi’s bid.
2018 Winter Olympics: The XXIII Olympic Winter Games, held in PyeongChang, South Korea, in February 2018. PyeongChang was the next host and inherited the Olympic cycle after Sochi.

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