The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi broke the record for the number of viewers who pay attention to broadcasting competitions. Direct 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 viewers, but to athletes. In today's selection we will talk about Top 10 records of the Sochi Olympics.

10. Records Yorin ter Morse

The Dutch speed skater immediately owns 2 records of the 2014 Olympics. The first Jorin set at a distance of 1,500 m, breaking it in 1 minute and 53.51 seconds. The athlete set the second record together with Lotte van Beck and Irene Wust in the team pursuit.

9. The record of the Russian team in the number of medals

Since the collapse of the USSR, the best achievement for the Russian team has remained 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 piggy bank, which, incidentally, was not the last.

8. Record Sang-Hwa Lee

South Korean speed skating set a new Olympic record in the 500m race. Since 2002, the result was 37.30 seconds, but in Sochi, Lee covered the distance in 37.28 seconds.

7. The record of Ole Einar Bjoerndalen

Over the years of performances, the legendary biathlete won one bronze, four silver and eight gold Olympic awards. The Sochi Olympics is likely to be the final in the career of Bjoerndalen.

6. The record for the number of countries that won gold medals

For the first time in the history of the Winter Games, athletes from 20 different countries received Olympic gold. Recall that according to the results of the last “white” Olympiad in Vancouver, representatives of 19 powers became champions.

5. Bode Miller's record

The American became the oldest Olympic medalist in skiing. Mitter won his bronze award at the age of 36 years 127 days, breaking the previous record of Norwegian Khyetil Andre Omodt.

4. Sven Cramer 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 Record

The performances of this 19-year-old Japanese skater the whole world watched with bated breath. At the Sochi Olympics, Yuzuru set a record among single men, gaining more than 100 points for performing in the short program.

2. The record of Julia Lipnitskaya

Lipnitskaya became the youngest Olympic champion among figure skaters in the history of the Winter Games. Julia 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 Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov

Russian skaters set a new record among sports couples. Maxim and Tatyana scored an incredible 84.17 points for performing in the short program. Previously, not a single pair on ice received such high marks.

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