We are still a few hours away from the start of the most expensive and, according to the organizers' promises, the most spectacular Winter Olympic Games of all time - Sochi 2014. Since Slovenians have a huge potential to achieve exceptional results, we have selected some of the official Facebook pages of Slovenian athletes who during the Olympic Games you need to follow to stay up to date with all the information about what is happening in the field.
Sochi 2014
Wow, that's something! After all the (mainly domestic) criticism that chewed up our performance at this year's Olympic Games, the large online portal Mashable called the Slovenian outfit one of the best. Take a look at who all found themselves under the fashion microscope and what, even very harsh, comments were received by some national teams.
We are only a few days away from the start of the biggest event in winter sports. The Games also represent one of the biggest sporting events in the history of the host country, Russia. Here are ten interesting facts you may not have known about the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi.
Despite the fact that sportsmanship and healthy competition are at the fore at the Olympic Games, the promotion of the country, which sportsmen and women take care of with their results, should not be neglected. Willingly or unwittingly, they also draw attention to themselves through the appearance of the official national team uniforms that Olympians and Paralympians wear at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, during the competitive part of the Games and in their free time in the Olympic Village.
Slovenia, which today also broke the record for medals won at the Olympic Games with yet another gold medal by Tina Maze, is also ahead of all countries participating in this year's Winter Olympics in terms of the number of medals won in relation to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). The other athletes also achieve historic results and delight the Slovenians every day, who enthusiastically cheer for each and every one of them in front of the television screens.
Before July 2007, few people had heard of the Russian resort on the Black Sea. Some knew it as a former meeting place of the Soviet elite, where Stalin arranged his popular dacha, others heard of it because it lies only a few kilometers from the border with Abkhazia, a separatist part of Georgia, or an independent country recognized only by Russia and four other countries in the world.
Although Paralympians have a different way of life, they are fierce and determined. They have dreams to follow and overcome the obstacles that all top athletes face. Samsung's campaign “What's your problem? Sport doesn't care", with which he pays tribute to the competitors of the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi 2014.