Who is participating in the winter war games. III Winter Military World Games in Sochi: announcement. Throughout history

The III Military World Games ended in Sochi. From February 22 to 28, military athletes competed in seven winter species sports - biathlon, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, ski orienteering, ski mountaineering, indoor sport climbing and short track speed skating. The competitions were held both in the city itself and in the mountain cluster - the Rosa Khutor and Laura ski and biathlon centers.

The first Military World Games, organized by the International Military Sports Council, took place in September 1995 in Rome and included competitions only in summer species sports. Then 93 countries took part in them, the Russian team won. Summer competitions between military athletes take place every four years. IN different time they were hosted by Croatia, Brazil, India and South Korea. In 2019, China will host the Summer War Games.

The Winter Military 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 competition was held in Annecy, France, and this year in Sochi. At a press conference dedicated to the end of the Games, project manager of the International Military Sports Council Guilherme Keys noted that Sochi “has one hundred percent fulfilled the high demands placed on it.”

In the medal standings of the 2017 Military Games, the Russian team became the undisputed leader. The team has 42 awards: 22 gold, 9 silver and 11 bronze. Second place went to Italy, third was taken by the French team.

The most medal-winning sports for Russians were biathlon and ski orienteering. Famous skier Major Eduard Khrennikov became a six-time champion of the Military World Games, winning two gold medals at the games held in Sochi. Both Russian teams- both women's and men's - became the undisputed favorites of the patrol race. Gold medal Climber Sergei Luzhetsky and biathlete contributed to the national team's treasury.

Photo: press service III World winter war games

For competitions, facilities built for winter were used. Olympic Games 2014. Ski mountaineering and slalom relay races were held at the Rosa Khutor ski and biathlon complex. At Laura, athletes competed for victory in cross-country skiing, ski orienteering and biathlon. Facilities located in Sochi itself were also involved: the rock climbing relay took place at the Bolshoi Sports Palace, and the short track competition was hosted by the Iceberg Ice Palace.

Each facility had a press center equipped with everything necessary for journalists to work. Special buses marked with the symbols of the Military World Games ran between the city and mountain clusters.

The weather in sunny Sochi and Krasnaya Polyana, although not much, differed, which caused certain problems. Thus, the Russian slalom skier said that her eighth place in the women’s competition was due, among other things, to the fact that it was too warm, which caused holes to appear on the track. At the same time, Ekaterina admitted that the reason for her unexpected failure for the fans was a technical error made during the relay.

Photo: press service of the III World Winter Military Games

Closing ceremony of the III Military World Games on the evening of February 27 at the Ice Cube Arena. Spectators witnessed the solemn official ceremony of awarding the athletes, summing up the results of the competition, and then watched a colorful show. Representatives of the International Military Sports Council thanked the organizers for the scope 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 existing in the country and form its positive image. Abdulhakim Al-Shino specifically thanked the Russian President for his help and support in organizing the Games, which were held under the traditional motto of military sports “Friendship through Sports.”

“Money can buy and build objects, but you can’t buy people’s hearts, and in this city I met a lot of kind, wonderful people,” said Colonel Al-Shino. The next Winter Military World Games will take place in Germany in 2021. Representatives of the International Military Sports Council were unanimous in the opinion that the future capital of the Military Games would have to make significant efforts to organize an event as big as high level, as in Sochi.

On Friday evening, the Ice Cube stadium in the Sochi Olympic Park turned from a meeting place for curling fans into a huge VIP hall, where, among other guests, Russian Prime Minister, Minister of Defense Sergei and President of the International Council of Military Sports (CISM) Colonel Abdulhakim al-Shino.

Preparations for Sochi for the III Winter World Military Games took two years. This is their first time in Russia. Previously, Italy and France hosted the competition. War games have a lot in common with Olympic competitions. The main difference is that only military personnel compete here. In addition, the games program includes some non-Olympic sports: for example, ski mountaineering, short track speed skating, ski orienteering, as well as rock climbing, which will be included in the Olympic program for the first time only in 2020 in Tokyo.

The biathlon program of the war games includes another unique discipline - “patrol race”. Teams of four compete in it and start together. The patrol leader runs without weapons - three “patrolmen” fire at his command. If one participant misses, the entire team is sent to penalty loops.

The potential list of participants consists of representatives of 135 countries, but only 26 teams came to Russia for the competition, including teams from China, Germany, Italy, France and Iran.

When asked by journalists why many countries ignored the event, CISM Secretary General, Colonel Dorah Mambi Koita from Guinea, said that the Russian side sent out invitations to everyone, but fewer teams came than for previous games in France.

“Our organization includes 135 states. About 70% of them are not winter, which may be why they did not come. In my country (Guinea - Gazeta.Ru) the temperature in winter is 25 degrees, in Sochi it’s cold,” the black colonel joked.

At the entrance, guests were given glow-in-the-dark bracelets with the official logo, which effectively emphasized the applause of the three-thousand-capacity arena.

The opening ceremony began with drummers from the Khalilov Moscow Military Music School and the boarding school for female students.

Next to perform was the Alexandrov Academic Ensemble of the Russian Army, whose artists were recruited anew after the Tu-154 disaster in Sochi in December.

The prima ballerina and soloist of the Bolshoi Theater and stunt motorcyclists and extreme athletes performed for the guests.

The flame of the Military World Games was lit by biathletes - lieutenant colonel and two-time Olympic champion and a veteran of the sport, also two-time Olympic champion, reserve colonel 65-year-old Anatoly Alyabyev.

The flags of the participating teams were carried by servicemen of the Honor Guard company of the 154th Separate Commandant's Preobrazhensky Regiment. The German team was the first to appear on the arena, and the Russian team brought up the rear.

Shoigu was the first to come out to the podium to greet the competition participants on behalf of the President of Russia.

There, in Sochi, Shoigu said that the term “ostentatious military unit” was excluded from the Russian army dictionary. This is reported with reference to the Match TV channel.

“I simply crossed out the word “ostentatious” from my vocabulary and our army vocabulary. What does “show regiment” mean? Who will fight tomorrow? One such “ostentatious military unit”? What then is all the rest for? - said the head of the Ministry of Defense.

Medvedev, who spoke second, emphasized that war games are peaceful competitions.

“And their participants will show not the ability to fight, but sports achivments, fair sports competition,” the prime minister said.

He recalled the motto of the International Military Sports Council - “Friendship through sport!”

CISM leader Abdulhakim al-Shino in his speech drew the attention of the audience that international sanctions imposed on Russia were not taken into account when choosing a country to host the competition.

“Russia is a very powerful country in modern world. Therefore, during the voting they chose Russia’s candidacy, without any regard to the political situation. The political situation was very tough, but there is no place for politics in our organization, we are all equal,” said the leader of the world organization of military athletes.

The competition itself began even before the official opening - on Friday morning.

The first day brought the Russian team 11 medals, including six gold.

Nothing has been officially announced yet about what additional encouragement the Russian medalists of the Military World Games will receive, but the athletes themselves are counting on being awarded an early military rank.

For example, a speed skater lieutenant admitted that he dreams of rising to the rank of colonel. For him the most strong rivals At the games - athletes from Italy and China.

The “Military Olympics” takes place from February 24 to 27 inclusive at four sites: the Iceberg Ice Palace, the Bolshoy Sports Palace, the Laura Ski and Biathlon Complex and the Rosa Khutor Ski Center. In total, about 1,000 athletes from 26 countries take part in the competition. They will compete for 44 sets of medals in seven sports: biathlon, cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, ski mountaineering, short track speed skating, rock climbing and ski orienteering.

The Russian Ministry of Defense organized free entry for everyone to any competition within the games. Their schedule can be tracked on the official website of the event.

At games in South Korea Russia confidently won the team event

The VI Summer World Military Games SISM were held from October 2 to 11 in the Republic of Korea at the sports grounds of 8 cities: Mungyeong, Sangju, Kimchon, Yonghon/Daegu, Yohon, Yeonju, Andong, Pohang.

7,045 athletes from 117 countries took part in the Games. Athletes competed for medals in 24 sports.

Russia was traditionally represented at the VI Summer Military Games by military personnel from the Central Sports Club of the Army. They competed for awards in 17 sports: boxing, wrestling, cycling, international military pentathlon, judo, athletics, marathon, international naval pentathlon, parachuting, sailing, swimming, shooting and skeet shooting, modern pentathlon, orienteering, triathlon, taekwondo and fencing.

The list of star participants of the team included Olympic champions in Greco-Roman wrestling Alexey Mishin, Islam-Bek Albiev and Jamal Otarsultanov; winner of a gold medal in fencing Anna Sivkova, Olympic medalists Inna Deriglazova (fencing), Antonina Krivoshapka ( Athletics), Natalia Paderina ( bullet shooting) and Evgeny Lagunov (swimming). In addition, the team included world champions in athletics - Maria Kuchina, Ekaterina Koneva and Ksenia Ryzhova.

As a result, the Russian team confidently won the team event, winning 59 gold, 43 silver, 33 bronze medals. The army team broke their own twenty-year-old record, set at the First Military World Games in Italy. Then they won 127 awards.

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Where and when

From February 23 to 27 in Sochi. The Games will be held at five sports venues that hosted the 2014 Olympics.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the Military World Games will take place at the Ice Cube multifunctional arena. During the Olympics, curling competitions were held here. Main stadium city ​​- "Fisht" - is currently under reconstruction in connection with preparations for the 2017 Confederation Cup and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The competition 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 the games, the military sports flame will be lit. The relay takes place in five military districts of Russia and on February 23 the lights will unite in Moscow at 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 cauldron of the third Military World Games.

In what events will medals 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 a distance (men - 20 km, women - 15 km) along with one shooting line. Each team has 4 people - one leader and three patrol members who fire from a prone position. The team's result is determined by the last patrol member to finish.

Ski race. Medals will be played in two disciplines: individual race (women – 10 km, men – 15 km) and team sprint.

Ski orienteering. Athletes independently choose the path of movement on the terrain where they must pass all checkpoints. Participants receive a map with marked checkpoints before the start. The Military World Games will feature competitions in three disciplines: middle distance race, sprint and relay.

Biathlon, cross-country skiing and orienteering competitions will be held on the territory of the Laura complex.

Ski mountaineering. A combination of skiing and mountaineering. Athletes start at an altitude of 1600 meters and must climb to the top of Rose 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, servicemen will make 4 ascents and descents, in the team race - 5.

Skiing. Men and women will compete in slalom.

Alpine skiing and ski mountaineering competitions will be held at the Rosa Khutor center.

Short track. Medals will be awarded in three disciplines: the 500 and 100 meter races, as well as the 3000 meter mixed relay. The competition will take place at the Iceberg Ice Palace.

Rock climbing. The competition will take place at the Bolshoi Sports Palace. Medals will be awarded in three disciplines: difficulty climbing, where the winner is the one who goes the furthest along the route; speed climbing, where the winner is the one who completes the route the fastest; and bouldering, where military personnel must climb maximum amount routes, spending a minimum number of attempts.

Who is participating

More than 1,000 military athletes from 26 countries will take part in the Military World Games.

The biggest names will be the biathlon competitions. World champions Anton Babikov and Maxim Tsvetkov, bronze medalist of the Sochi Olympics Teya Gregorin from Slovenia, as well as winners and medalists of the World Cup stages - Tatyana Akimova and Matvey Eliseev, Austrian Katharina Innerhofer, Slovenian Klemen Bauer and others will perform in Sochi.

The short track skating event will feature the winner of three Olympics, Arianna Fontana from Italy, the winner of the Winter Games in Sochi, Ruslan Zakharov, and European champion Sofia Prosvirnova.

Two-time Olympic champion Giorgio Di Centa and bronze medalists will compete in cross-country skiing Winter Games Ilya Chernousov and Natalya Korosteleva.

In alpine skiing, Vancouver Olympic gold medal winner Giuliano Razzoli and World Cup winner Alexander Khoroshilov will compete.

How to get

Entry to the competition is free. Free promotional tickets will be distributed by volunteers at the entrance to the arenas. Ticket distribution ends 30 minutes before the start of the competition.

At the opening and closing ceremonies free seats not anymore.

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 Military World Games

14:55 - Biathlon, mixed relay

09:55 - Cross-country skiing, team sprint

20:15 - Closing ceremony of the Military World Games

Photo: RIA Novosti/Mikhail Mokrushin, Military World Games, RIA Novosti/Alexander Vilf

From February 22 to 28, 2017, the Military World Games were held in Russia for the first time in the history of the International Military Sports Council. The city of Sochi, where created for the 2014 Olympic Games, was chosen as the venue for the Third Winter Military World Games sports objects allowed competitions to be held in seven winter sports.

Sports of winter military sports games

Sport program III winter The 2017 Military World Games consists of seven sports:

• Biathlon
• Ski race
• Skiing
• Ski orienteering
• Ski mountaineering
• Indoor climbing
• Short track

Organizers

The organizers of the games on the Russian side are the Ministry of Defense and CSKA.

The Ministry of Defense is entrusted with organizational and technical support for the activities of the organizing committee, which is headed by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The operator of the games is the Central Sports Club of the Army (CSKA).

Participating countries

In total, athletes from 26 countries will take part in the III Winter Military World Games, including Russia and neighboring countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan), as well as European countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Finland, France, Switzerland) and Asian countries (Iran, Lebanon, Pakistan, Turkey, China, Mongolia, Korea).

Games calendar

The torch relay and opening ceremony of the III Winter Military World Games will be held on February 24, 2017. The closing ceremony of the III Winter Military World Games will take place on February 27, 2017 in the Ice Cube multifunctional arena.

According to the head of CSKA, Colonel Mikhail Baryshev, two options for lighting the fire have been proposed: “The first option: the fire will be lit in Switzerland, in Lausanne at the headquarters Olympic Committee from the fire at the monument to the founder of the modern Olympic movement, Pierre de Coubertin. We plan to hold a military ritual in the form of laying wreaths by the Russian delegation at the monument, and the ambassador of the Military World Games will light the fire, which will be transferred to Sochi."

Also, symbolic lights will be lit in five military districts of Russia: in Kamchatka, in the Northern Fleet in Murmansk, in the North Caucasus on the top of Elbrus, in Central Russia and in the Far East. All the lights will converge in Moscow in front of the building of the Russian Ministry of Defense, where the torch relay of the Military World Games in Sochi will begin.

Closing games

On February 27, 2017, the closing ceremony of the Winter Military World Games took place. Afterawarding the winners of the "patrol race" in biathlon,President of the International Military Sports Council Abdulhakim Al-Shino presented the Russian team with a special prize - “Cup for the best team”

III World War Games ended with the victory of the Russian team in the unofficial medal standings. The Russians won 42 medals, 22 of them gold. The Games flag has been handed over to Germany, which will host the competition in 2021.

Game history

Military World Games - competitions in various types sports for military athletes, organized by the International Military Sports Council in 1995. Initially, they were held every four years only in the summer - a year before the Olympic Games. In 2010, the International Military Sports Council also organized the Winter Military World Games.

The International Council of Military Sports (CISM – Conseil International du Sport Militaire), founded by five European countries in February 1948, is the second largest sports organization after the International Olympic Committee - annually holds up to 20 competitions and others sporting events, including the Military World Games (summer and winter), World Cadet Games, World Military Cup Football.

The International Military Sports Council unites 135 participating countries: 42 from Europe, 45 from Africa, 30 from Asia, 18 from America.

Russia joined the International Military Sports Council only in 1991, at the end of the Cold War. Before this, the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries, without recognizing the international status of the council, were part of their own organization, the Sports Committee of Friendly Armies (SKDA, 1958) and held competitions every four years, which were called the Spartakiads of Friendly Armies.

On May 10, 1991, at the 46th General Assembly of the Council in Tanzania, Russia became a member of the International Military Sports Council. Since then, Russian military athletes have taken part in the I–VI summer World Military sports games, where they took first team place four times, winning a total of 550 medals (243 gold, 174 silver, 133 bronze).

The first Winter Military World Games were held by the International Military Sports Council from 20–25 March 1995 in the Aosta Valley in northwestern Italy. More than 800 athletes from 43 countries, including Russia, took part in the games. At the first and second Winter World Games, the teams of Italy and France won the team competition. Russia took third place.

In Russia, several competitions have already been held within the framework of CISM: the world championships in modern pentathlon in 1992, in fencing in 1993, in swimming in 1994 and 2001, in orienteering and tennis in 1996, in judo in 1998 and 2005 , in basketball in 2005 and in parachuting in 2006 and 2016. A number of CISM regional championships and the Women's European Military Pentathlon Championships were also organized. In 2000, the European CISM meeting was successfully held in Moscow.

Notes

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2. Organizing Committee // Official website of the III Winter World Military Games.
3. Teams // Official website of the III Winter World War Games.
4. Competition schedule // Official website of the III Winter World War Games.
5. The World Military Games in 2017 will be held in Sochi // Regnum, 12/08/2016.
6. CISM Member Nations // CISM – International Military Sports Council.
7. CISM History // CISM – International Military Sports Council.
8. Unknown military sport // Independent Military Review - Nezavisimaya Gazeta, 04/25/2014.
9. CISM World Winter Games // CISM – International Military Sports Council.
10. History // Official website of the III Winter World War Games.