Russia in midst of building boom for 2014 Winter Olympics
Russia’s preparations are already underway for the 2014 Olympics. The country has already begun to build training facilities for every different aspect and event of the Olympics.
It is very exciting that they have already begun their preparations. It brings an assurance that everything will be in good hands in 2014. It seems that they are doing these early preparations for more than just a simple sense of preparation however.
In the most recent Olympics, Russia did not perform at a level that they would have like to. They simply were not able to bring home the success that a high profile country is expected to. With that, Russia was anxious to have these facilities present to prepare early for the next Olympics.
In the Olympics that just took place this year, Russia managed to collect just 15 total medals. That medal count is 22 less than the United States managed to win. Of those 15 medals, only three of the medals were gold medals. The leader in gold medals was Canada, with 14. It is very disturbing for Russia to see that Canada managed almost as many gold medals as Russia did total medals.
One of the specific weaknesses for Russia was the performance of their women. While their men won 10 medals in the Olympics, their women managed just 4 medals in the Olympics. Only one of those medals was a gold medal. Russia hopes to turn around this fate four years from now as they take the Olympics to their home country.
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