AznWrldTrvlr 3 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 Mmmm ... watermelon! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Athensfan 1081 Posted October 12, 2012 Report Share Posted October 12, 2012 The lights over the sliding track look a bit messy to me, but on the whole these pics are very impressive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
world atlas 72 Posted October 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 at last we have something new in their website ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
world atlas 72 Posted October 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 that's what they added to the site last week so far unfortunately nothing really new this week Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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world atlas 72 Posted October 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2012 Olympic Park - October 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Olympic Park - October 2012 What are: 1. Those buildings on the left (not the foreground but about midway up)? 2. WHich is the IBC? 3. What is the squarish one (well, like 2 rectangles on the roof) behind the round, bluish arena (left of Olympic stadium)? So, right in the middle foreground of the picture? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zekekelso 794 Posted October 25, 2012 Report Share Posted October 25, 2012 Starting with the stadium (big skeleton building if it's not obvious) and working clockwise you first see a oval building surrounded by bluish stripes. That's Shayba... the smaller hockey venue. The boxy building below Shayba in the picture ( or outside the main circle of builidings) are the practice hockey rinks. Next building clockwise from Shayba - big, mostly white with a black stripe - is Bolshoy, the bigger hockey rink. Continuing clockwise, you'll see a small building for curling, and a giant building for speed skating. If you follow the space between the curling and speed skating venues going out from the circle of buidlings, you'll see a road. The construction on the right side of that road is the IBC (obvious vertical white lines). On the left will be the village (surrounding the lake). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gotosy 493 Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Sochi Bobsled Track Cleared to Host International Events Sanki Sliding Center The newly built bobsled and luge track for the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi has been cleared to host international events, after the president of the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation certified it Friday. Ivo Ferriani signed the official certificate during a meeting with Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko after visiting the Russian Cup at the track. The first international competition to be held at the Sanki Sliding Center will be the ninth and final stage of the World Cup in February. “Now the bobsled and luge track is ready for international competition,” Ferriani said. “I’ve seen great organization at the Russian Cup.” The track is the world's longest at 1.8 kilometers, and had its first test event in March at the Russian Championships. ... http://en.ria.ru/spo.../176939133.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PyroKinesis 61 Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Beautiful stuff. Beautiful. The bobsled track is going to be somewhat enclosed all the way down? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Funny, a new white snake-elephant opens while only an 8-year old one in Torino closes. Doesn't look good for this one either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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gotosy 493 Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 IOC member praises Sochi Olympics bobsled track MOSCOW, Nov. 2 — Prince Albert II of Monaco, a member of the International Olympic Committee, has hailed the bobsledding venues in Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi where the 2014 Winter Olympics will be held. Prince Albert II visited Sochi’s Sanki Sliding Center on Thursday and “highly praised” the bobsled track in Sochi, local media reported on Friday. The prince went to the venue along with Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov, President of Russian Bobsled Federation Georgy Bedzhamov and President of the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation Ivo Ferriani. The Sanki bobsled, luge and skeleton track currently hosts the Russia Cup test competitions in preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games. Next Monday, the International Training Week is slated to start in Sochi. Under the theme of “Hot. Cool. Yours.”, the Sochi Olympics will be opened on Feb. 7, 2014 and run until Feb. 23. The Games will feature 98 medal events, which is 12 more than those of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. In winter 2012-2013, a series of test competitions will be held in the Olympics venues. http://www.nzweek.co...ed-track-20565/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deawebo 77 Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Nice! Sochi is doing very well the venues... Can't wait to see the Fisht Stadium completed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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world atlas 72 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Adler Arena Skating Center - November 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
world atlas 72 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Sochi Olympic Park - November 2012 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
world atlas 72 Posted November 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 unfortunately the forum system merge all my posts in one post again re-post the last 8 pics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paul 619 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 It's all so nice. It's gonna be a huge show. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 It's all so nice. It's gonna be a huge show. But you know, once they remove 3 of those stadia, the area will lose it symmetry. What will fill in those empty spaces where there was once great competition? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1902 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 (edited) But you know, once they remove 3 of those stadia, the area will lose it symmetry. What will fill in those empty spaces where there was once great competition? Which are temporary? I'm not up to speed on the details of Sochi's venues. Edited November 10, 2012 by Sir Rols Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Which are temporary? I'm not up to speed on the details of Sochi's venues. I may have overstated "3." I think the 2 bluish ones are going elsewhere -- one to Kazan, I think. And I don't know where the other one will go to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
runningrings 678 Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 But you know, once they remove 3 of those stadia, the area will lose it symmetry. What will fill in those empty spaces where there was once great competition? From what I understand (from what I saw on a special on Sochi 2014 on RT during the London Olympics) the site will undergo a similar post-Games transformation to London, which will include low-rise commercial buildings, a shopping mall, and more hotels. Obviously Sochi Olympic Park will indefinitely host the Russian Grand Prix into the future, and the 2018 World Cup. Sochi 2014's Olympic Park has a more impressive post-Games plan than many recent Summer Olympic hosts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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