The main Olympic stadium in Sochi” Fischt “, where he spent the opening and closing ceremonies of the Games, is under construction. Arena is to be opened in 2017 – will host matches of the Confederations Cup and the 2018 World Cup. It was originally planned that the capacity of the stadium for the tournament will be increased from 40 to 45 thousand spectators, but then it was decided to leave the current 40 thousand.
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If football in Sochi yet (after the world Cup by the decision of the city authorities will begin to develop a new FC “Sochi”), then ” Formula-1 “came to the Olympic capital for a long time. In 2014 and 2015, in the Olympic Park, there were two of the World Championship in the most prestigious class of motor racing who have collected tens of thousands of fans. This year’s “Grand Prix of Russia” does not take place in October, and on 1 May
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The containing 12 thousand spectators ice Palace” Big “and after the Olympics was hockey – here holds its home matches of the club of the Continental Hockey League” Sochi “, and took place in 2014 alone stage of Euro Tour – First channel Cup, where the Russian team won all sold out. Last year there was also Kontinental Hockey League All-Star Game, in addition, the “Big” hosts various cultural events and concerts
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Multi-center “Ice cube” in April last year took a curling world championship mixed doubles – the increasingly popular varieties of this species sport, in the same period there has passed world championship among juniors. The “Ice Cube” are Russian championships, held curling training for everyone in the arena. This past New Year’s holidays are held charity event “Olympic Tree”
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The ice arena” puck “, where during the Olympic games have been played a few matches of the hockey tournament, after the Olympics used for mass skating
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The Olympic competitions in figure skating and short -treku held at the sports Palace “Iceberg”. In December 2014 in the “Iceberg” was Russian figure skating championship, held here regularly ice shows masters of the genre, and Ilya Averbukh Evgeny Plushenko
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skating “Adler-Arena” after the Olympics was reorientated in the tennis center. In April 2014 it hosted the Fed Cup match between the women’s teams of Russia and Argentina (4: 0), and a year later the Russian tennis players have played here in the semi-finals – against the German team again won (3: 2)
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Center Luge” Sledge “located in the mountain cluster, is widely used in the bobsled competition, skeleton and luge at the highest level. In both of the post-Olympic season, there have been stages of the World Cup luge, and in 2015 had the status stage of the European Championship. This year the cup stage among luge runs February 6-7
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The ski resort and an extreme-park” Rosa Khutor “after the Olympics used for mass skiing and snowboarding. Sochi Centre has become one of the most popular places for skiing in the country.
Springboard “Russian hills” after the Olympics has become a training base for the Russian national ski jumping and Nordic combined. The ski and biathlon complex “Laura” is also held training camps for everyone
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