The III World War Games ended in Sochi. From 22 to 28 February, military athletes competed in seven winter sports - biathlon, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, ski orienteering, ski mountaineering, indoor climbing and short track. Competitions were held both in the city itself and in the mountain cluster - ski and biathlon centers "Rosa Khutor" and "Laura".
The first World War Games, organized by the International Military Sports Council, took place in September 1995 in Rome and included competitions in summer sports only. Then 93 countries participated in them, the Russian team won. Summer competitions between military athletes take place every four years. At various times, they were received by Croatia, Brazil, India and South Korea. In 2019, China will host the Summer War Games.
The Winter War Games were first held in March 2010 in the Italian city of Valle d'Aosta and are now also held every four years. In 2013, the competitions were held in Annecy, France, and this year in Sochi. Guilherme Keys, project manager of the International Council of Military Sports, at a press conference dedicated to the end of the Games, noted that Sochi "has one hundred percent fulfilled the high demands placed on it."
In the medal standings of the 2017 War Games, the Russian team became the undisputed leader. The national team has 42 awards: 22 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronze. The second place was taken by Italy, the third place was taken by the French team.
The most fruitful sports for medals for Russians were biathlon and ski orienteering. The famous skier Major Eduard Khrennikov became the six-time World War Games champion, having won two gold medals at the Sochi Games. Both Russian teams - women and men - have become the undisputed favorites of the patrol race. The climber Sergey Luzhetsky and the biathlete brought the gold medal to the national team.
Photo: press service of the III World Winter Military Games
Facilities built for the 2014 Winter Olympics were used for the competition. Relays in ski mountaineering and slalom were held at the Rosa Khutor ski and biathlon complex. In "Laura" athletes fought for victory in cross-country skiing, ski orienteering and biathlon competitions. Facilities located in Sochi itself were also involved: the rock-climbing relay took place at the Bolshoi Sports Palace, and the Iceberg Ice Palace hosted the short track competition.
Each site was equipped with a press center, equipped with everything necessary for the work of journalists. Special buses, marked with the symbols of the World War Games, ply between the city and mountain clusters.
The weather in sunny Sochi and Krasnaya Polyana, although not very much, differed, which caused certain problems. So, a Russian slalom player, that her eighth place in the competition among women is due, among other things, to the fact that it was too warm, which is why pits appeared on the track. At the same time, Ekaterina admitted that the reason for her unexpected failure for the fans was a technical mistake made during the relay.
Photo: press service of the III World Winter Military Games
Closing ceremony of the III World War Games on the evening of February 27 at the Ice Cube arena. Spectators witnessed the solemn official ceremony of awarding athletes, summing up the results of the competition, and then watched a colorful show. Representatives of the International Council of Military Sports thanked the organizers for the scale of the event and the excellent conditions created for the participants of the Military Games in Sochi. The president of the council noted the work of the press, saying that journalists reflect the real situation in the country and form its positive image. Abdulhakim Al-Shino separately thanked the President of Russia for his help and support in organizing the Games, which were held under the traditional military sport motto "Friendship through Sports".
“Money can buy and build objects, but you cannot buy people's hearts, and in this city I met many kind, wonderful people,” Colonel Al-Shino said. The next Winter World War Games will take place in Germany in 2021. Representatives of the International Council of Military Sports were unanimous in the opinion that the future capital of the Military Games will have to make significant efforts to organize the event at the same high level as in Sochi.
Top 5 Questions About the World War Games
Your guide to the competition of athletes with epaulettes in peaceful Sochi.
Where and when
From 23 to 27 February in Sochi. The Games will be held at five sports venues that hosted the 2014 Olympics.
The opening and closing ceremony of the World War Games will take place at the Ice Cube multifunctional arena. During the Olympics, curling competitions were held here. The city's main stadium, Fisht, is currently under reconstruction in connection with preparations for the 2017 Confederation Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Competitions will be hosted by the Iceberg ice palace, the Rosa Khutor ski center, the Bolshoi sports palace and the Laura ski and biathlon complex.
For the first time in the history of games, a military sports fire will be lit. The relay race takes place in five military districts of Russia and on February 23, the unification of lights will take place in Moscow in the State Kremlin Palace, and then the lamp will go to the capital of the competition - Sochi. In the Olympic Park on February 24, 22 torchbearers will run a distance of 2017 meters and light the cup of the third World War Games.
What types of medals will be awarded
The war games program includes competitions in seven sports.
Biathlon. In addition to the classic sprint for men and women and the mixed relay, there will be a patrol race. Teams cover the distance (men - 20 km, women - 15 km) together with one firing line. Each team has 4 people - one leader and three members of the patrol, who shoot from a prone position. The result of the command is determined by the last member of the patrol who finished.
Ski race.There will be medals in two disciplines: the individual race (women - 10 km, men - 15 km) and the team sprint.
Ski orienteering. Athletes independently choose the path of movement on the terrain on which they must go through all the checkpoints. Participants receive a map with marked checkpoints before the start. The World War Games will host competitions in three disciplines: middle distance, sprint and relay.
Competitions in biathlon, cross-country skiing and orienteering will be held on the territory of the "Laura" complex.
Ski mountaineering. A combination of alpine skiing and mountaineering. Athletes start at an altitude of 1600 meters and must climb to the top of Rosa Peak at an altitude of 2320 meters, and then descend to the starting point. Competitions will be held in individual and team races. In the individual race, the servicemen will make 4 ascents and descents, in the command race - 5.
Skiing. Men and women will compete in slalom.
Alpine skiing and ski mountaineering competitions will be held in the Rosa Khutor center.
Short track. Medals will be awarded in three disciplines: 500 and 100 meter races, as well as a 3,000 meter mixed relay. Competitions will be held at the Iceberg Ice Palace.
Rock climbing. Competitions will be held at the Bolshoi Sports Palace. Medals will be played in three disciplines: climbing for difficulty, where the winner is the one who goes further along the track; climbing at speed, where the winner is the one who passes the track the fastest; and bouldering, where military personnel must complete the maximum number of trails, spending the minimum number of attempts.
Who is involved
More than 1000 military athletes from 26 countries will take part in the World War Games.
The loudest by name will be the biathlon competition. In Sochi, world champions Anton Babikov and Maxim Tsvetkov, bronze medalist of the Sochi Olympics Teya Gregorin from Slovenia, as well as winners and prize-winners of the World Cup stages - Tatyana Akimova and Matvey Eliseev, Austrian Katharina Innerhofer, Slovenian Clemen Bauer and others will perform.
Arianna Fontana from Italy, winner of the Winter Games in Sochi, Ruslan Zakharov and European champion Sofya Prosvirnova will take part in the short track.
The two-time Olympic champion Giorgio Di Centa, bronze medalists of the Winter Games Ilya Chernousov and Natalya Korosteleva will compete in cross-country skiing.
Giuliano Razzoli, winner of the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics, and Alexander Khoroshilov, the winner of the World Cup, will compete in alpine skiing.
How to get
Entry to the competition is free. Free promotional tickets will be handed out by volunteers at the entrance to the arenas. Ticket issuance ends 30 minutes before the start of the competition.
There are no vacancies at the opening and closing ceremonies.
Where to see
Schedule of live broadcasts on Match TV
13:25 - Biathlon, men, sprint
15:55 - Biathlon, women, sprint
20:15 - Opening ceremony of the World War Games
14:55 - Biathlon, mixed relay
09:55 - Cross-country skiing, team sprint
20:15 - Closing ceremony of the World War Games
A photo: RIA Novosti / Mikhail Mokrushin, World War Games, RIA Novosti / Alexander Vilf
From 22 to 28 February 2017, the III Winter World War Games will be held in Sochi, within the framework of which climbing competitions will be held.
70 athletes from Russia, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland and Kazakhstan will participate in the competition. Competitions will be held at a 15-meter climbing wall located in the Bolshoi Sports Palace (http://cismsochi2017.ru/sports/sport-climbing/#not-set:all).
The CSKA national team for the upcoming tournament included:
Dmitry Sharafutdinov (Sverdlovsk Region) - 3-time world champion (2007, 2011, 2012) in bouldering, world champion (2007) and Europe (2013) in all-around,
Anna Tsyganova (Krasnoyarsk Territory) - world champion (2016) and Europe (2013) in speed,
Olga Yakovleva (Samara region) - silver medalist of the World Championship (2012) in bouldering,
Dmitry Fakiryanov (Sverdlovsk region) - silver medalist of the World Cup (2016) in Xiamen in difficulty,
Tatyana Shemulinkina (Samara region) - bronze medalist of the World Cup (2007) in Sofia in bouldering,
Daria Kan (Bashkortostan) - 3-time winner of the world championships (2013, 2014, 2016) in speed,
Vladislav Myznikov (Chelyabinsk region) - the winner of the world championship (2013) in speed,
Sergey Luzhetsky (Sverdlovsk region) - silver medalist of the world championships (2010, 2012, 2014) in speed,
Arman Ter-Minasyan (Moscow) - silver medalist of the world championships (2006) in difficulty and (2009) in speed,
Evgenia Malamid (Voronezh region) - 5-time champion of Russia (2003, 2009, 20110, 2011, 2012) in difficulty,
Evgenia Lapshina (Sverdlovsk Region) - 3-time winner of the European Youth Cup stages (2012) in difficulty and (2014) in speed,
Vadim Timonov (St. Petersburg) - bronze medalist of the Russian Cup (2015) in bouldering.
The reserve team of CSKA included:
Maria Musienko (Krasnoyarsk Territory) - bronze medalist of the European Championship (2016) in the all-around,
Evgeny Zazulin (Kaliningrad region) - 3-time winner of the stages of the European Youth Cup (2006, 2008) in difficulty,
Sergey Skorodumov (St. Petersburg) - silver medalist of the Russian bouldering championship (2016).
Russian climbers made their debut at the Winter World War Games in March 2013 in Annecy, France. Four years ago, our athletes won six medals. In difficulty, Evgenia Malamid won, the third was Yana Churikova (Chereshneva). In bouldering, Malamid finished in second place, and in speed the entire women's podium turned out to be Russian: Churikova won, Alina Gaidamakina was second, Malamid was third.
Eight sets of awards will be played in Sochi: two in bouldering, difficulty and two types of speed (on the standard and in the classic).
COMPETITION PROGRAM
February 24 (Friday)
11:00 - 12:30 Difficulty. Qualification. Women.
13:30 - 16:30. Difficulty. Qualification. Men.
February 25 (Saturday)
11:00 - 14:00. Difficulty. Semifinal. Men, women.
20:30. Difficulty (duel). The final. Men.
21:20. Difficulty (duel). The final. Women.
February 26 (Sunday)
10:00 - 14:00. Bouldering. Qualification. Men, women.
20:30 - 22:30. Bouldering. The final. Men, women.
22:30. Award Ceremony.
February 27 (Monday)
10:30 - 12:00 Speed. Classic format. Qualification. Men, women.
12:30 - 13:30. Speed. Classic format. Final round. Men, women.
15:30 - 16:30. Speed. Record format. Qualification. Men, women.
16:30 - 17:30. Speed. Record format. Final round. Men, women.
20:00. Award Ceremony.
CLIMBING
Especially for the III Winter World War Games, a unique complex of climbing walls was assembled, which has the highest level of complexity of the tracks among similar Russian structures. The height of the structure is 15 meters, width - 12 meters, overhanging the base - 7 meters, the deviation is about 30 degrees.
This very climbing wall has already gone to Sochi on 15 trucks to be installed in the Bolshoi Sports Palace, where climbing competitions will take place from February 24 to 27 within the framework of the III Winter World War Games.
For fans and spectators, tickets are FREE (after registration).
REGISTER (https://prclimbing.timepad.ru/event/447347/)!
Official website of the III Winter World War Games - http://cismsochi2017.ru/
Organizers:Central Army Sports Club (CSKA), Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
FSR partners: Red Fox, DoorHan, Skalodrom.Ru. The partners in the preparation of the national team are the BigWall climbing center, Limestone climbing wall.
Alexey SERGUNIN, press service of the FSR
BIATHLON
The name of the sport discipline comes from two Latin words "twice" and "wrestling", therefore, originally biathlon was called modern winter biathlon. Includes cross-country skiing and rifle shooting at multiple firing lines.The first race, vaguely reminiscent of biathlon, was organized by border guards on the Swedish-Norwegian border back in 1767. In the 19th century in Norway, biathlon took shape as a sport for soldiers. The progenitor of modern biathlon, the military patrol competition, was introduced at the Olympic Games in 1924, 1928, 1936 and 1948.
Within the framework of the III Winter World Military Games, competitions will be held in the following types: sprint (7.5 km - for women, 10 km - for men), mixed relay (6 km - for women and 7.5 km - for men) and a patrol race (15 km - for women, 20 km - for men).
Patrol race - a modern type of competition for military patrols (the race that is the ancestor of biathlon). This is a race with a distance of 20 km for men and 15 km for women, with three firing lines. Each participating country can enter two patrols (male and female).
The team consists of four athletes - biathletes and skiers. One of the team members is the leader of the patrol, three are members of the patrol, each of whom fires from a prone position and fires one shot at the center of their installation. In case of misses - penalty loops based on the number of misses by the team according to IBU rules.
Sprint - a type of biathlon race for 10 km for men and 7.5 km for women with two firing lines. Biathletes start at intervals of 30 seconds. After the first circle, shooting is performed from a prone position, after the second - standing. Biathletes choose their own firing positions on the shooting range for shooting. For each miss, a penalty loop of 150 m is provided.
Mixed relay - team competition in biathlon. The team consists of four athletes (two women and two men). Each biathlete goes through one stage, 6 km for women and 7.5 km for men, with two firing lines.
One representative from each country will start at the same time and, having run their stage, pass the baton to the next biathlete from their team. First, women cover their distances, then men. At each stage, there are two shooting: the first is prone, the second is standing. The athlete has three spare rounds for each shooting. If the biathlete uses up spare cartridges, then for each subsequent miss, a penalty loop of 150 m is provided.