The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi broke the record for the number of TV viewers paying attention to the broadcast of the competition. Live reports from the Olympic Park and the mountain cluster are watched in 200 countries around the world.
However, the main achievements of the Games do not belong to TV viewers, but to athletes. In today's selection we will tell you about Top 10 records of the Sochi Olympics.
10. Records of Jorin ter Morse
The Dutch speed skater holds 2 Olympic records at once - 2014. The first Jorin set at a distance of 1500 m, breaking it in 1 minute and 53.51 seconds. The second record was set by the athlete together with Lotte van Beck and Irene Wüst in the team pursuit race.
9. Record of the Russian team in the number of medals
Since the collapse of the USSR, the best achievement for the Russian team was the 1994 Games in Lillehammer, where we managed to win 23 medals of various denominations. However, this record was broken at the Sochi Olympics, when on February 21, 2014, the women's biathlon team brought the 24th medal to the Russian treasury, which, incidentally, was not the last.
8. Record Sang-Hwa Lee
The South Korean speed skater set a new Olympic record in the 500 m race. Since 2002, 37.30 seconds was considered the best, but in Sochi, Li covered the distance in 37.28 seconds.
7. Ole Einar Bjørndalen's record
Over the years of his performances, the legendary biathlete won one bronze, four silver and eight gold Olympic awards. The Sochi Olympics will most likely be the final one in Bjørndalen's career.
6. Record for the number of countries that have won gold medals
For the first time in the history of the Winter Games, athletes from 20 different countries received Olympic gold. Recall that following the results of the last White Olympics in Vancouver, representatives of 19 powers became champions.
5. Bode Miller's record
The American became the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing. Mitter won his bronze medal at the age of 36 years 127 days, breaking the previous record of the Norwegian Hjetil André Omodt.
4. Sven Kramer's record
This Dutch skater at the Games in Sochi broke his own record at a distance of 5,000 meters. Kramer covered the distance in an unprecedented 6 minutes and 10.76 seconds.
3. Yuzuru Hanyu's record
The whole world followed the performances of this 19-year-old Japanese skater with bated breath. At the Sochi Olympics, Yuzuru set a record among men - singles, gaining more than 100 points for performing in the short program.
2. Record of Yulia Lipnitskaya
Lipnitskaya became the youngest Olympic figure skater champion in the history of the Winter Games. Yulia received her gold medal for performing in team competitions at the age of 15 years 249 days, breaking the record of American Tara Lipinski.
1. Record of Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov
Russian figure skaters have set a new record among sports couples. Maxim and Tatiana scored an incredible 84.17 points for their performance in the short program. Previously, no pair on ice received such high marks.