III Winter Military World Games
Nations 25
Events 44 in 7 sports
Opening 23 February 2017(2017-02-23)
Closing 27 February 2017(2017-02-27)
Athlete's Oath Natalya Korostelyova (sportsmen) Mikhail Kazadoy (coaches)Judge's Oath Alexander Tomashchuk
Main venue see below
Winter
← Annecy 2013 Berchtesgaden 2022 (cancelled) Lucerne 2025 →
Summer
← Mungyeong 2015 Wuhan 2019 →
The 3rd CISM World Winter Games (Russian : Зимние Всемирные военные игры 2017) were held in Sochi , Russia from 23 to 27 February 2017.
Host selection and venues The sports complex of the Sochi Olympic Park The multi-functional Ice Cube arena, where the opening and closing ceremonies were held Sochi was chosen as the host city for the 3rd Winter Military Games at the 70th general assembly of the International Military Sports Council in Kuwait City , Kuwait in 2015. The Games were held in sports venues built for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games .
The sports complex is composed of two clusters: the Coastal Cluster, i.e. the Olympic Park , and the Mountain Cluster, i.e. the Krasnaya Polyana .
The following venues built for the Olympic Games were used for the Military Games:
Mascots and brand style The official mascot for the 3rd Winter Games was the Leopard . According to the official website of the Games, it was chosen "due to the fact that the endurance of this animal and his fighting spirit characterize the spirit of war games. The leopard symbolizes the swiftness of the attack and the speed of decision-making, as well as power and strength [...] In the heraldic traditions, a leopard is a symbol of bravery and courage – the qualities traditionally characterizing soldiers." Other mascots include the Hare and the Little Fox.
The brand style for the Games is a blue-red star with a head of a leopard on it. The colour red symbolizes "sport passion and will to win" and blue "infinite opportunities and devotion to reach the goal". The colours of the star and the leopard forms the Russian flag . Also, ice patterns and mountains occur on the brand.
Schedule OC Opening ceremony 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony ● Event competitions EG Exhibition gala
February 24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon Medals Ceremonies OC CC Biathlon 4 1 2 7 Alpine skiing 2 2 4 Cross-country skiing 4 2 6 Short track 2 2 1 5 Sport climbing ● 4 2 2 8 Ski orienteering 2 2 4 8 Ski mountaineering 2 4 6 Medals 12 11 9 12 44 February 24 Fri 25 Sat 26 Sun 27 Mon Medals
Participating nations Overall, athletes from 25 countries participated.
Armenia (1) Austria (22) Belarus (3) Belgium (6) Bosnia and Herzegovina (5) Bulgaria (19) China (43) Finland (16) France (42) Germany (35) Greece (3) Iran (4) Spain (14) Italy (26) Kazakhstan (24) Lebanon (9) Macedonia (11) Mongolia (2) Pakistan (4) Russia (60) Serbia (9) Slovenia (14) South Korea (11) Switzerland (21) Turkey (?) Medal winners Alpine skiing Men Women Biathlon Men Event Gold Silver Bronze 10 km sprint Maxim Tsvetkov Russia 27:01.3 (0+1) Vladimir Iliev Bulgaria 27:15.2 (0+3) Krasimir Anev Bulgaria 27:16.2 (0+1) 10 km team sprint Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Matvey Eliseev Sergey Klyachin1:24:10.2 Austria David Komatz Peter Brunner Kevin Plessniter1:24:55.4 Italy Thierry Chenal Riccardo Romani Maikol Demetz1:27:30.4 20 km patrol race Russia Alexey Kornev Matvey Eliseev Sergey Klyachin Eduard Latypov 52:13.1 (0+0+0) France Clement Arnaud Baptiste Jouty Antonin Guigonnat Damien Tarantola52:34.4 (1+1+1) Austria Klaus Leitinger David Komatz Peter Brunner Kevin Plessniter52:39.8 (1+1+0)
Women Event Gold Silver Bronze 7,5 km sprint Teja Gregorin Slovenia 22:19.5 (0+0) Tatiana Akimova Russia 23:03.3 (0+0) Uliana Kaisheva Russia 23:34.8 (1+0) 7,5 km team sprint Russia Tatiana Akimova Uliana Kaisheva Galina Nechkasova1:10:38.2 France Enora Latuilliere Coline Varcin Estelle Mougel1:14:25.1 China Chu Yuanmeng Zhaohan Zhang Xuelan Wang1:18:49.3 15 km patrol race France Coline Varcin Estelle Mougel Enora Latuilliere Coraline Thomas Hugue 45:23.0 (0+0+0) Russia Galina Nechkasova Anastasia Zagoruiko Uliana Kaisheva Lidia Durkina47:14.3 (2+1+0) China Xue Lan Wang Chu Yuanmeng Zhao Han Zhang Shuang Chen51:51.5 (1+2+3)
Mixed Event Gold Silver Bronze Mixed relay Austria Dunja Zdouc Katharina Innerhofer Peter Brunner David Komatz 1:19:51.7 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3) (0+0) (0+2) France Coline Varcin Enora Latuilliere Baptiste Jouty Antonin Guigonnat 1:19:54.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (1+3) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3) Russia Uliana Kaisheva Galina Nechkasova Matvey Eliseev Maxim Tsvetkov 1:22:51.1 (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (2+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3)
Cross-country skiing Men Event Gold Silver Bronze 15 km free style Aleksey Chervotkin Russia 34:41.2 Damien Tarantola France 34:52.2 Paul Goalabre France 35:08.5 15 km free style team France Damien Tarantola Paul Goalabre Clement Arnault1:45:39.1 Russia Aleksey Chervotkin Denis Spitsov Artem Maltsev 1:45:40.8 Finland Kusti Kittilae Juho Mikkonen Teemu Harkonen1:48:12.5 Team sprint Russia Artem Maltsev Nikolay Morilov 20:36:70 France Clement Arnault Paul Goalabre20:36:80 Finland Kusti Kittilae Juho Mikkonen 20:37:02
Women Event Gold Silver Bronze 10 km free style Theresa Eichhorn Germany 27:28.8 Coraline Hugue France 27:43.9 Francesca Baudin Italy 27:46.0 10 km free style team Russia Natalia Korosteleva Lidia Durkina Natalja Iljina1:25:21.5 —N/a Team sprint Russia Natalja Iljina Natalia Korosteleva 22:11:36 Switzerland Alina Meier Fabiana Wieser22:23:98 Italy Chiara De Zolt Ponte Francesca Baudin 22:33:41
Short track Men Women Event Gold Silver Bronze 500 m Arianna Fontana Italy 43.989 Yang Yang China 44.061 Eugenia Zakharova Russia 44.139 1000 m Arianna Fontana Italy 1:31.884 Yang Yang China 1:31.943 Wang Runyuan China 1:32.234
Mixed The teams in the mixed event were made up of sportsmen representing different countries, in accordance to the International Skating Union rules.
Ski mountaineering Men Women Event Gold Silver Bronze Individual Adèle Milloz France 1:09.01 Gloriana Pellissier Italy 1:12.18 Nathalie Mieuzet France 1:14.48 Team Russia Ekaterina Mitiaeva Svetlana Berezan Ekaterina Burlakova4:11:44 —N/a Team race France Letizia Roux Adèle Milloz 2:28:09 Russia Ekaterina Mitiaeva Svetlana Berezan2:53:29 —N/a
Ski orienteering Men Event Gold Silver Bronze Middle Eduard Khrennikov Russia 00:39.22 Stanimir Belomazhev Bulgaria 00:42.20 Stepan Malinovskii Russia 00:43.03 Sprint Eduard Khrennikov Russia 00:17.15 Stanimir Belomazhev Bulgaria 00:17.57 Vladimir Ignatov Russia 00:19.29 Relay Russia Stepan Malinovskii Andrei Lamov Eduard Khrennikov 1:05:52 France Rudy Gouy Yann Debayle Baptiste Fuchs1:12:30 Switzerland Sven Stefan Aschwanden Tobias Michael Lutz Andring Kappenberger1:14:27 Team sprint (middle+sprint) Russia Eduard Khrennikov Stepan Malinovskii Eduard Khrennikov Vladimir Ignatov1:59:09 Finland Eevert Toivonen Sampo Hyppoelae Eevert Toivonen Sampo Hyppoelae2:14:06 France Yann Debayle Baptiste Fuchs Rudy Gouy Baptiste Fuchs2:20:38
Women Sport climbing Men Event Gold Silver Bronze Lead Jakob Schubert Austria TOP 1:09 Domen Škofic Slovenia TOP 1:21 Marcello Bombardi Italy TOP 1:13 Bouldering Vadim Timonov Russia Manuel Cornu France Domen Škofic Slovenia Speed classic Sergei Luzhetskii Russia 0:31.22 (F) Jakob Schubert Austria 0:39.28 (F) Vadim Timonov Russia 0:38.27 (F) Speed record Sergei Luzhetskii Russia 0:06.36 (F) Leonardo Gontero Italy 0:06.37 (F) Vadim Timonov Russia 0:06.53 (F)
Women Event Gold Silver Bronze Lead Jessica Pilz Austria TOP 1:41 Katharina Posch Austria TOP 1:44 Mina Markovič Slovenia TOP 2:22 Bouldering Jessica Pilz Austria Olga Yakovleva Russia Mina Markovič Slovenia Speed classic Anna Tsyganova Russia 0:49.36 (F) Jessica Pilz Austria 0:52.35 (F) Evgeniya Lapshina Russia 0:53.49 (F) Speed record Anna Tsyganova Russia 0:08.21 (F) Aurélia Sarisson France 0:12.16 (F) Daria Kan Russia 0:08.51 (F)
Medal table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Russia* 22 9 11 42 2 Italy 8 6 6 20 3 France 6 12 5 23 4 Austria 4 4 1 9 5 South Korea 2 0 0 2 6 China 1 3 6 10 7 Slovenia 1 1 3 5 8 Germany 1 1 0 2 9 Spain 1 0 2 3 10 Bulgaria 0 3 2 5 11 Finland 0 1 2 3 12 Kazakhstan 0 1 1 2 Switzerland 0 1 1 2 14 Belarus 0 1 0 1 15 Iran 0 0 1 1 Totals (15 entries) 46 43 41 130
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