Top-10 records of the Olympics in Sochi 2014

The Winter Olympic Games in Sochi have broken the record in the number of viewers paying attention to the broadcasting of the competitions. Direct reports from the Olympic Park and the mountain cluster are seen in 200 countries.

However, the main achievements of the Games belong not to the viewers, but to the athletes. In today's compilation we will tell about Top-10 records of Sochi Olympics .

10. Records of Yorin ter Morse

The Dutch skater owns 2 Olympic records at once - 2014. First Yorin installed onthe distance of 1500, Breaking it for 1 minute, 53.51 seconds. The athlete has established the second record together with Lotte van Beck and Irene Vuest in the team pursuit race.

9. Record of the Russian national team on the number of medals

Since 1994, the best achievement for the Russian team was the Games of 1994 in Lillehammer, where we managed to win 23 medals of different denominations. However, this record was beaten at the Sochi Olympics, when on February 21, 2014 the women's biathlon team brought the 24th medal to the Russian piggy bank, which, by the way, was not the last one.

8. Sang-Hwa Lee record

The South Korean speed skater set a new Olympic record in the 500 m race. Since 2002, the best result was 37.30 seconds, however in Sochi, Lee overcame the distance in 37.28 seconds.

7. Record Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Over the years of performances, the legendary biathlete has won one bronze, four silver and eight gold Olympic medals. Sochi Olympics, most likely, will be the final in the career of Bjørndalen.

6. Record for the number of countries that won gold medals

For the first time in the history of the Winter Games, Olympic gold was awarded to athletes from 20 different countries. Recall that following the results of the last "white" Olympics in Vancouver, the champions were representatives of 19 powers.

5. Record Bode Miller

The American became the oldest Olympic medalist in the mountain skiing. His bronze medal Mitter won at the age of 36 127 days, beating the previous record of Norwegian Hetil Andre Omodt.

4. Sven Kramer's record

This Dutch speed skater at the Games in Sochi broke his own record at a distance of 5,000 meters. Cramer overcame the distance for an unprecedented 6 minutes and 10.76 seconds.

3. Record to Yudzuru Khanu

The world watched the performances of this 19-year-old Japanese figure skater with a sinking heart. At the Sochi Olympics, Yudzuru set a record for singles men, earning more than 100 points for a short program.

2. Record of Julia Lipnitskaya

Lipnitskaya became the youngest Olympic champion among figure skaters in the history of the Winter Games. Her gold medal for the performance in team competitions, Julia received at the age of 15 years 249 days, breaking the record of an American Tara Lipinski.

1. Record of Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankova

Russian figure skaters have set a new record among sports couples. Maxim and Tatiana scored an incredible 84.17 points for the performance in the short program. Earlier such a high score was not received by any pair on the ice.