Speech by figure skater Evgenia Medvedeva at a meeting of the IOC Executive Committee in Lausanne
December 5, 2017.Dear President, dear members of the Executive Committee!
I am honored to be here today. Thank you for the opportunity to address you on behalf of Russian athletes.
Until the last moment, I tried to ignore the negative news associated with Russian sports... I thought that we, "pure" Russian athletes, had nothing to worry about. If someone did commit anti-doping rule violations, we certainly have nothing to do with it.
In 2014 I was 14 years old. I have not even entered the senior national team of my country yet. For me personally, Pyeongchang should be the first chance to plunge into the unique atmosphere of the Olympic Games. I don't understand why my teammates and I from the Russian national team can lose this chance.
I have taken part in many different tournaments and am incredibly proud of my two world champion titles. But the Olympics are a dream! Every person has dreams, and you've probably already had a chance to fulfill your own. Let me do the same! I do not know if there will be in mine sports life one more Games after Pyeongchang.
I have always believed that for the opportunity to compete at the Olympics, one must fight on the ice. Unfortunately, now I understand that I may lose this chance due to circumstances that do not depend on me in any way.
I cannot accept the option in which I would compete at the Olympic Games without the Russian flag, as a neutral athlete. I am proud of my country, it is a great honor for me to represent it at the Games. It gives me strength and inspiration during my performances.
In addition, for me, both personal and team tournaments are equally important at the Olympics. If I compete without a national flag, I will not be able to compete in a team. At the same time, the rest of my rivals will have such an opportunity. The Olympic Charter states that all athletes must have an equal opportunity. And in this case, equality is out of the question.
Dear members of the Executive Committee! I promise you that if I compete at the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, I will do my best not to disappoint you and represent my country with dignity and Olympic movement generally. Thank you for your attention.
In 2011, the International Olympic Committee selected South Korea to host the 23 Winter Olympics. The host city of the 2018 Olympics is Pyeongchang, the capital of the Republic of Korea. Basic information on the upcoming 2018 Olympics:
Olympics 2018: place and date
History with the choice of the country for the XXIII Olympiad 2018
Earlier, South Korea nominated Pyeongchang as the host city for the previous 2014 Olympics, but the vote was in favor of Sochi. It was held on July 6, 2011 at the 123rd IOC session in South Africa.
Pyeongchang lost only 4 votes for the right to host the Olympics (before that, he also lost 3 votes to Vancouver for the right to host the 2010 Olympics). It is worth noting that South Korea is the second Asian country to host winter Olympic Games, before that they were accepted only by Japan (twice, in 1972 and 1998).
Applications for the 2018 Olympics were submitted by 3 countries: France (Annecy), Germany (Munich) and South Korea proper (Pyeongchang).
Sports Olympiad 2018
The upcoming Winter Olympic Games will host competitions in 7 sports and 15 disciplines. List of sports at the 2018 Olympics: snowboard, figure skating, freestyle, curling, skiing, skating, luge, skeleton, hockey, biathlon, alpine sports, nordic skiing, ski jumping, short track and bobsleigh. Most Olympic medals will have to ski views sports.
In addition to the standard disciplines, the International Olympic Committee decided to add several new disciplines to the competition program: double-mix in curling, big air, mass start in speed skating with team competition in alpine skiing.
At the same time, parallel slalom in snowboarding (men and women) was excluded from the competition program.
Who will take part in the 2018 Olympics?
Athletes from 84 countries will fly to Pyeongchang to represent their countries. We present to your attention a list of countries that will go to the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Will Russia take part in the 2018 Olympics?
Will athletes from Russia be admitted to the Olympics? Due to the doping scandal, the chances of the expulsion of the Russian national team are still high. The IOC representatives did not make a final decision. There is an opinion that Russian athletes will be allowed to the Olympic Games 2018 in Pyeongchang, but under neutral flag as it was on summer olympiad 2016 in Rio. At the moment, the leadership of 17 anti-doping agencies included in NADO called on the IOC to exclude Russia from participating in the Olympics.
The head of WADA (World Anti-Doping Organization) said that they received demands from 30 countries that insist on the removal of Russian athletes due to doping. At the moment, investigations are underway regarding the use of doping drugs by some Russian athletes. In turn, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) is trying to restore its name and modernize the agency. Today, the duties of the Russian anti-doping agency in the Russian Federation are performed by the relevant structures from the UK. On September 24, 2017, in Paris, they discussed the progress of RUSADA's restoration of powers, there was no final decision, but the meeting participants positively assessed the work done by the Russian agency.
On November 16, a meeting of the Board of Founders of the World Anti-Doping Agency will be held in Seoul, where the final decision will be made to reinstate RUSADA and Russian athletes at the 23rd Winter Olympics in PyeongChang.
Schedule of competitions of the Olympiad 2018
The calendar of competitions for the 2018 Winter Olympics for 18 competition days is presented in the table below. The standard program of competitions for the 2018 Winter Olympics:
| February | 08 NS |
09 Fri |
10 Sat |
11 Sun |
12 Mon |
13 W |
14 Wed |
15 NS |
16 Fri |
17 Sat |
18 Sun |
19 Mon |
20 W |
21 Wed |
22 NS |
23 Fri |
24 Sat |
25 Sun |
Medals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremony | AC | CZ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |||||||||
| Bobsled | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
| Curling | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Skating | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |||||||
| Ski nordic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ski race | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
| Ski jumping | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Luge | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Skeleton | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Snowboard | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
| Figure skating | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | PV | 5 | |||||||
| Freestyle | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||
| Hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | |||
| Short track | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Medals per day | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 102 | |||
| Medals total | 5 | 12 | 20 | 28 | 34 | 41 | 46 | 55 | 61 | 64 | 69 | 76 | 84 | 90 | 98 | 102 | ||||
| February | 08 Wed | 09 Fri | 10 Sat | 11 Sun | 12 Wed | 13 watts | 14 Wed | 15 Th | 16 Fri | 17 Sat | 18 Sun | 19 Wed | 20 watts | Wed 21 | 22 Wed | 23 Fri | 24 Sat | Sun 25 | Medals | |
The danger of disrupting the Olympics
Dates of the competition in sports calendar may change due to various circumstances, including because of the unstable situation in South Korea, which borders the DPRK. North Korea is actively working on its nuclear program. Experts express concern regarding the safety of the 2018 Olympics in South Korea... Some countries have already launched an information campaign to discredit the Olympics in Pyeongchang and urge their citizens not to attend the games.
It became known where the 2018 Olympics will be held - this is a small town of Pyeongchang, located on the territory of Korea. The twenty-third competition will run from February 9th to February 25th, 2018.
Valid applications were submitted by three countries: France, Germany and Korea. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) at its 123rd meeting in Durban announced that the Winter Olympiad will be held in Pyeongchang.
What sports will be featured in the competition?
Many athletes were surprised at where the 2018 Olympics will be held, but this did not affect their spirit and zeal for victory. This winter, 15 disciplines will be represented at the competition. Olympiad participants will compete for championship in figure skating, skiing and speed skating, freestyle, skiing and sled views sports, biathlon, hockey, curling, bobsleigh, skeleton.
During 23 competitions, athletes will be able to pick up 11 biathlon medals, 3 curling medals, 14 speed skating medals, 5 figure skating, 12 medals for cross-country skiing, 3 medals in ski nordic event.
The IOC decided to include as many as 6 new disciplines in a large-scale program sporting events, among them the most popular are: double-mixed, mass-start and big-air. The IOC decided to exclude 2 disciplines in which both men and women could prove themselves.
Countries participating in the games in Pyeongchang
84 countries will participate in the Winter Games, among which 2 new states will take part for the first time: Kosovo and Eritrea. In early December, the media reported that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) national team was refusing to participate in the games.
International committees that will participate in the city where the 2018 Olympics will be held: Australian, Austrian, German, Israeli, Dominican, Chinese, Irish, Hungarian and others.
In the first month of winter, the IOC removed the Olympic Committee Russian Federation, this automatically meant that the Russians would not be able to take part in the Olympics. Athletes from Russia can only participate in competitions under a neutral (not Russian) flag. This event - the removal of Russian participants - is the first in the history of the Winter Games. The disqualification was associated with doping by athletes. Doctors and doctors will not be able to visit Pyeongchang during the winter games. coaching staff whose athletes have been caught doping at least once.
The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held from 9 to 25 February in the South Korean city of Pyeongchang. Athletes from all over the world will compete for 98 medals in seven sports. Three cities expressed their desire to host the 2018 Olympic Games: French Annecy, German Munich and Korean Pyeongchang. The latter put forward his candidacy for the competition in 2010 and 2014. But both times he lost to strong competitors: Vancouver and Sochi.
Pyeongchang - Capital of the Olympics
The authorities of the South Korean city continued to build sports facilities and apply, and the third time they were lucky. In 2011, the International Olympic Committee named Pyeongchang the Olympic Capital. The reason for the decision was the record low number of applicants and the enthusiasm of Koreans for the competition. Residents of Annecy and Munich were cool about the Olympics, which could worsen the environment.
The XXIII Olympic Winter Games will be held from 9 to 25 February in PyeongChang Pyeongchang Olympic venues
Pyeongchang is a county in the east of the country and a popular ski resort... It is located 180 km from the Korean capital (Seoul). There are about a hundred slopes in the county with a height of over 1,000 m. The center of the Olympics will be the Alpenzia complex. It will host competitions in ski jumping, biathlon, cross-country skiing, bobsleigh, slalom and other sports.
Will spread nearby Olympic Village... On the Olympic stadium"Alpenzia" will host the opening and closing celebrations. The resort town of Gangneung will host competitions in curling, ice hockey, figure skating, and short track speed skating. Its own Olympic Village will be created in the vicinity of Gangneung. In addition, the Chunbon stadium will host the downhill skiing championship, while the Bugwan Phoenix Park will host freestyle and snowboarding championships.
Koreans have thoroughly prepared for the upcoming Olympics and have erected many Olympic facilities in the mountain heights of Pyeongchang Olympic disciplines
Athletes will compete in seven sports, within which there are separate disciplines:
- Biathlon
- Bobsleigh including skeleton
- Curling
- Skating
- skiing
- Luge
- Hockey
In 2018, big air (snowboarding), mass start (speed skating), double mixed (curling) and team competition (alpine skiing) were added to the list of disciplines. Competitions in parallel slalom in snowboarding among men and women were removed from the program.
Participants of the 2018 Olympics
It is assumed that in 2018 about two and a half thousand athletes from ninety countries will compete for the Olympic medals. Their participation has already been confirmed Olympic committees Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Norway, Russia, Slovakia and a dozen other countries.
Sports activism of Koreans finally appreciated by the founders of the Olympics Tickets for the Olympics
Attending the competition will cost 20,000-900,000 Korean won (1,200-50,000 rubles). More than half of the tickets will cost less than 80,000 won (RUR 4600). The entrance to the opening and closing of the Olympics was estimated at 200 thousand won (120,000 rubles). The most "expensive" sports are figure skating and men's hockey on ice. To watch these competitions, you will have to pay 150-900 thousand won (9-50 000 r). Tickets will go on sale in October 2016.
Olympiad symbols
The logo of the competition is the hieroglyphs "ㅍ" and "ㅊ". They represent the initial letters of the Korean word Pyeongchang. "ㅍ" symbolizes the location of the Olympics, where heaven, people and earth exist in harmony, "" - ice, snow and winter sport... The design uses colors that are traditional for both Korea and the Olympic movement.
Official mascots of the 2018 Olympics and Paralympics The symbol of the Olympics is the white tiger, and the Paralympics, which will take place a month later, is the Himalayan white-breasted bear. Tagline sporting event- “Passion. Connected "(" Passion. Connected ").
Winter Paralympics 2018
The Paralympic Games will take place in Pyeongchang on March 9-18. Competitions of athletes with disabilities will be held in six sports:
- Ski race.
- Biathlon.
- Skiing.
- Park snowboard.
- Sledge hockey.
- Curling on wheelchairs.
Among the participants, 80 medals will compete in different disciplines.
Preparations for the Olympic Games are in full swing in Pyeongchang Volunteer movement
In September 2016, the organizers recruited volunteers to work at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. More than 20 thousand volunteers will participate in organizing events, helping participants and journalists.
Pyeongchang ran for the third time in a row to host the Winter Olympics. First, the city in Korea lost to Vancouver in the struggle to organize the 2010 Olympics, and then lost quite a bit to Sochi, where the 2014 Winter Games were held.
In the fight for Pyeongchang, he outstripped German Munich and French Annecy with a great advantage. Pyeongchang became the second city in Korea to host the Olympics - the first was the capital of the country Seoul, which hosted Summer Games in 1988.
Olympic medals
Each time the organizers of the Games try to come up with something new and original in this regard. The organizers of the year in Pyeongchang were no exception. On the obverse of the medals that will be awarded to the winners of the Winter Olympics, diagonal lines are depicted - a symbol of history and determination of athletes. On the back - the image of the sports discipline for which the Olympics award was presented. Traditional Korean fabrics were used in the production of ribbons.
Participants
85 countries are expected to participate in Pyeongchang. Four of them are debutants Winter Olympics... These are Kosovo, Eritrea, Ecuador and Malaysia. However, it is expected that the former favorites - Russia, Germany, Norway, Canada - will lead the fight for victory in the medal standings.
Opening of the Olympic Games-2018
The opening ceremony of the 2018 Olympics is scheduled for February 9th. However, the schedule of the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang is drawn up in such a way that the competition will begin on February 8th - the program starts Winter Games in curling and ski jumping.