World Summer War Games history. III Winter Military World Games in Sochi: announcement

On May 22, 2015, in Kuwait City, at the 70th General Assembly of the International Council of Military Sports (CISM), Sochi was given another Olympics, which will be held exactly three years after the landmark (but already tainted by doping history) Games in 2014. From February 22 to 28, 2017, in the resort city, the Military World Winter Games are an analogue of the real Olympic Games, but exclusively for the military.

SCAPP takes a look at what these games are and what you can expect from them.

The Military World Games are the Olympic Games for active duty military personnel. By analogy with the Olympics, there are winter and summer war games. At the same time, participating countries often field professional athletes who are enrolled in the armed forces, but are actually exempt from active military service (serve one month a year for 10 - 12 years). For example, throughout the history of the Winter Military Games, such famous athletes as Martin Fourcade, Ariana Fontana, Dario Cologna, Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Natalia Korosteleva have taken part in the competition.

Throughout history?

Yes. The first (summer) games took place in 1995 in Rome and were dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. As for the winter games, they began to be held much later: the first competitions were held in March 2010 in the Italian city of Aosta. Then athletes from 43 countries took part in the games.

• 1995 - Rome, Italy
• 1999 - Zagreb, Croatia
• 2003 - Catania, Italy
• 2007 - Hyderabad, India
• 2010 (winter) - Aosta, Italy
• 2011 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• 2013 (winter) - Annecy, France
• 2015 - Mungyeong, Republic of Korea

So

No, the International Olympic Committee has nothing to do with it. Organizer - CISM - International Council of Military Sports. The organization was created in 1948 in Nice, France and now unites 134 countries. It is considered one of the largest international sports organizations, second in size only to the International Olympic Committee and the International University Sports Federation. By the way, CISM is officially recognized by the IOC and the UN.

OK

No. And although the sports included in the competition program sometimes change, figure skating and hockey are not held as part of the war games. For example, the program of the Winter Military Games in Sochi 2017 includes 8 sports:

• Biathlon

• Ski race

• Skiing

• Ski orienteering

• Ski mountaineering

• Patrol Race

• Indoor sport climbing

• Short track

Clear

Better than the Olympic team. The Russian team participated in all summer games (except for 2011, when Russia refused to participate), where it took a confident first place overall as a team (not counting 2003, when it surpassed China in the total number of medals, but lost in gold). And in 2015, the Russian team generally set an absolute record for the summer military games, winning a total of 135 medals (59 of them gold). If we don’t have any problems in the summer, then the situation with the winter games is worse: both times (in 2010 and 2013) - 4th place.

What will happen in Sochi?

The III Military World Winter Games will be held in Sochi from February 22 to 28, 2017. It is planned that more than 4,000 athletes from 60 countries will take part in the competition, who will compete for 44 sets of medals. For comparison, 850 athletes from 40 countries came to Annecy for the last winter games.

The opening ceremony will take place on February 23 (yes, Defender of the Fatherland Day) at the Bolshoi Ice Palace. For the sports part, Olympic facilities will be used: the Bolshoi Ice Palace (sport climbing), the Iceberg Winter Sports Palace (short track), the Gazprom State Sports Center (cross-country skiing, biathlon and ski orienteering), Rosa Khutor GC "(alpine skiing and ski mountaineering). The closing ceremony of the games will take place on February 27 at the Bolshoi Ice Palace.

In addition, a military sports torch relay is planned (again by analogy with the Olympic flame), the installation of a clock with a countdown to the start of the competition (in the main city squares) and the participation of the CSKA helicopter aerobatic team.

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 was chosen as the venue for the Third Winter Military World Games, where sports facilities created for the 2014 Olympic Games made it possible to hold competitions in seven winter sports.

Sports of winter military sports games

The sports program of the III Winter Military World Games 2017 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 of the 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 in the form of the Russian delegation laying wreaths 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

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

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 Military World 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

1. Organizers // Official website of the III Winter World War Games.
2. Organizing Committee // Official website of the III Winter World War Games.
3. Teams // Official website of the III Winter World War Games.
4. Competition schedule // Official website of the III Winter World Military 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.

Top 5 Questions About the Military World Games

Your guide to competitions for athletes with shoulder straps in peaceful Sochi.

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. 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.

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 complete the maximum number of routes in the 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.

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

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

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.

There are no more empty seats 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 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

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OPENING CEREMONY OF THE III WINTER WORLD MILITARY GAMES IN SOCHI 02/24/2017

The opening ceremony of the III Winter World Military Games is taking place at the Ice Cube Arena. Hundreds of athletes from dozens of countries participate in large-scale competitions - they are called the Olympics for the military. The ceremony is attended by the Prime Minister and the head of the Russian Ministry of Defense. Everyone is waiting for the culmination of the celebrations - the lighting of the fire. Meanwhile, sporting competitions began even before the official start of the games.

The grand opening is in full swing. The stands are full of guests. The time chosen for the start of the ceremony was symbolic - it began exactly at 20.17 with the colorful theatrical show “Sochi Welcomes Guests”. At the climax, the luminous elements form a star - this is a symbol of the games. Then the drummers and the military orchestra of the Russian Ministry of Defense performed. Parade of athletes from 26 countries. Elena Isinbaeva, Dmitry Sautin, Svetlana Khorkina and other famous army men brought the flag of our country into the stadium. The flag of the International Military Sports Council was entrusted to be carried by the honor guard of the Preobrazhensky Regiment. The head of government and the minister of defense addressed the competition participants and spectators.

“I believe that Sochi will bring you good luck and give you a bright, spectacular holiday. Russia is hosting war games for the first time. This is both a great honor and, of course, responsibility for us. We are happy to welcome military athletes from more than 20 countries and strive to do everything to ensure that a kind of army Olympics is held at the highest level,”- said Dmitry Medvedev.

Minister Sergei Shoigu read out a greeting from Russian President Vladimir Putin: "Dear friends! I greet you on the occasion of the opening of the Third Winter Military World Games. I would like to note that the honor of hosting this important, large-scale event went to Russia rightfully. Our country is deservedly proud of its established traditions of army sports and has extensive experience in organizing such representative international competitions. Moreover, the Games are held in Sochi, where the most modern, high-tech sports infrastructure has been created.".

The final leg of the torch relay takes place in the Olympic Park. A particularly valuable cargo was delivered to Sochi tonight from Moscow. This fire was lit in different parts of Russia: on Sakhalin, at the Lopatinsky lighthouse, in the Kaliningrad village of Yantarny, on the top of Elbrus. The relay passed through the cities where the headquarters of the military districts are located - St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg, Khabarovsk and Severomorsk. From all these points, capsules with flames were taken to Moscow the day before, on Defender of the Fatherland Day, to be combined there and then sent to Sochi. They arrived just in time for the first starts, which took place this afternoon, even before the official opening ceremony.

Our team already has two gold medals! Alexey Chervotkin came first in the 15 km cross-country skiing race, and biathlete Maxim Tsvetkov showed the best result in the 10 km sprint with two shooting stages. Our team won silver and bronze from women biathletes, and we got two more bronze medals in short track speed skating. The stands are filled to capacity. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited sports facilities today.

These competitions are analogous to the Olympic Games. They are also held every four years, only for athletes in uniform. Motto: "Friendship through sports". More than a thousand participants from 26 countries. Many are members of national teams, leading world athletes, so the fight for medals promises to be spectacular. And the Olympic infrastructure helps: Sochi has everything to host competitions of this level. Ski mountaineers, skiers and biathletes trained on the ski slopes the day before.

“The tracks are organized very well, and the games in general. I think it will be a good championship. We have very strong competitors from Russia and Slovenia. We must not lose sight of them."- said biathlete Piqueras Garcia Roberto.

The Big Ice Palace arena was repurposed especially for the World Military Games. Now in place of the ice is a professional climbing wall, which was built specifically for these competitions to the highest international standards.

All our athletes are in a truly fighting mood.

“This is quite an important start for me, because I play for my club CSKA. I only recently joined these troops and, of course, I want to show the most worthy result, and also enjoy these competitions,”- said Sofya Prosvirnova, a member of the short track team.

At the 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, shotgun 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 Alexei Mishin, Islam-Bek Albiev and Jamal Otarsultanov; gold medal winner in fencing Anna Sivkova, Olympic medalists Inna Deriglazova (fencing), Antonina Krivoshapka (athletics), Natalya Paderina (shooting) and Evgeniy 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.