Sochi 2014 XXII Olympic Winter Games - 2014 was released on: USA: 7 February 2014
1300 medals were produced for the Olympics and the Paralympic games taking place inn Sochi.
Over 80 nations and 5,500 athletes compete with 87 events. In the winter Vancouver, Canada 2010 olympic games.
Greater Sochi sprawls for 145 km along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountain. Sochi is off the coast of the Black Sea approximately 850 miles or 1,369 km south and little east of Moscow. Sochi is in the southern most region of Russia east of Ukraine and on the western border of Georgia.
In the 2012 Olympic Games, Caribbean athletes won a combined 15 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 18 bronze medals. Cuban athletes won the most gold medals with five, followed by the Jamaican athletes with four.
The Olympic games are about bringing the best athletes from around the world to compete in events. Athletes compete for the chance to win the gold medal.
There are 215 athletes from the United States participating in the Sochi Olympics.
The Olympic Games that allowed professional athletes to compete were the Summer Olympics starting in 1984 and the Winter Olympics starting in 1992.
For international fame.
No they cannot be paid if they compete in the Olympic games, they are amateurs until they are paid professionally, then they can no longer compete in the Olympic games.
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According to the United States Olympic Committee, the US sent 613 athletes to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens and 211 athletes to compete in the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin.
Around 10,500 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are expected to participate