Some Fun Facts About the

22nd Olympic Games in Sochi

DID YOU KNOW??

The 2014 Sochi Winter Games are set to be the most expensive Olympics in history, with a cost now estimated to be near $51 billion.

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A total of 88 countries (more than ever before)

will be represented, including first timers Paraguay

and Zimbabwe.

Source: Okmagazine.com

Twelve winter sports events (three mixed events, four men’s events and five women’s

events) will make their debuts in Sochi. 

Source: Olympic.org

Since 1972, each games must have its own mascots that reflect the host country and symbolizes the values of the Games.

This year’s mascots are the polar bear, hare, and leopard. They were chosen from more than 24,000 sketches submitted and makes it the

first time the mascots have been selected by an entire nation.

Source: Today.com

The 2014 Winter Olympics will be the second games held in Russia, but only the first attended by the U.S.

USA boycotted the 1980 games in protest of the invasion of Afghanistan. 

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The biggest countries will be sending more athletes than ever. The United States will send 230 athletes, while Russia will have 225, and Canada will have 220. The next closest is Switzerland, at a mere 168.

Source: Okmagazine.com

Shani Davis and Shaun White, two of the most well-known Olympians, are

going for a three-peat, something no American has ever done.Source: Bleacherreport.com

U.S. athletes will be wearing blue mittens with “Go USA” on them as part of a marketing program to help support U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes

Source: Teamusa.org

The 2010 U.S. Olympic Team won the

most medals of any country in

Vancouver with 37

(9 gold, 15 silver, 13 bronze).

Will we be able to do it again in Sochi?!

Source: Teamusa.org

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