Let the Games Begin: A Sochi Olympics Infographic

LET THE GAMES BEGIN GET READY FOR THE XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES THE 2014 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN SOCHI WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION HAS HOSTED THE WINTER GAMES; THE SOVIET UNION HOSTED THE 1980 SUMMER GAMES IN MOSCOW. SOCHI SAVE THE DATE POPULATION OF SITUATED IN KRASNODAR, FEB 7-23 9 400,000 PEOPLE THE THIRD LARGEST REGION IN RUSSIA 2014 THE COST OF SOCHI THE 2014 S OCHI WINTER OLYMPICS ARE ON TRACK TO BEING THE MOST EXPENSIVE GAMES IN OLYMPIC HISTORY. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN OLYMPICS THAT CAME IN ON BUDGET. FACT $40 $8.7. $14.8 $51 BILLION BILLION BILLION BILLION 2008 2010 2012 2014 SUMMER OLYMPICS WINTER OLYMPICS SUMMER OLYMPICS WINTER OLYMPICS ............. BEIJING VANCOUVER LONDON SOCHI THE MOST EXPENSIVE $265 ENDEAVOR OF SOCHI WAS THE SKI JUMP. MILLION IT WAS COMPLETED TWO YEARS LATER THAN SCHEDULED. THE OLYMPIC TORCH THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE TORCH IS BASED ON THE CONTRASTS OF RUSSIA, COMBINING MOTIFS FROM RUSSIAN FOLKLORE WITH IDEAS OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGHS. THE OLYMPIC TORCH IS RED, THE TRADITIONAL COLOR OF RUSSIAN SPORT. THE PATTERN IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHILDHOOD FAIRY-TALES AND LEGENDS OF THE FIREBIRD, OR THE PHOENIX WHICH ROSE FROM THE ASHES. THE TORCH RELAY II II THE FLAME WAS LIT ON THE ANCIENT GROUND OF OLYMPIA ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2013. IT ARRIVED IN MOSCO W ON OCTOBER 7, 2013, AND WILL TRAVEL ACROSS 136 CITIES THE TERRITORY OF RUSSIA. 123 DAYS CARRIED BY A RELAY DISTANCE RECORD NUMBER OF WILL BE MORE THAN TORCHBEARERS 56,000 KM 14,000 (34,796.8 MILES) THE FLAME WAS CARRIED IN UNUSUAL SITUATIONS: NOV 9, 2013 NOV 23, 2013 NOV 3, 2013 ON A JETPACK RIDE OVER THE BLACK SEA INTO SPACE AND TAKEN ONA SPACEWALK LED BY DEC 17, 2013 A GROUP OF REINDEER NOV 23, 2013 UNDERWATER, BELOW THE SURFACE ATOP OF LAKE BAIKAL A CAMEL THE TORCH WILL ARRIVE IN SOCHI FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY ON FEBRUARY 7, 2014. lemon ly Created by SOURCES http://torchrelay.sochi2014.com/en/our-torch | http://www.olympic.org/sochi-2014-winter-olympics http://torchrelay.sochi2014.com/en/relay | http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/01/olympic-torch-relay-heads-to-sochi/100655/ http://www.npr.org/2014/01/05/259996779/costs-climb-as-sochi-winter-olympics-approaches http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-01-02/the-2014-winter-olympics-in-sochi-cost-51-billion#p5 http://www.washingtonpost.com//world/europe/russia-says-sochi-is-ready-to-host-the-winter-olympics- beginning-feb-7/2013/10/17/97f31620-3664-11le3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/london-2012-final-cost-london-2012-games-revealed-135956051.html