Winter Olympic Games 2014 (English 2014 Winter Olympics, French Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de 2014, the official name of the XXII Olympic Winter Games) is an international sporting event that took place in the Russian city of Sochi from February 7 to 23, 2014. The capital of the 2014 Olympic Games was selected during the 119th IOC Session in Guatemala on 4 July 2007 [⇨]. On the territory of Russia, the Olympic Games were held for the second time (before that, the Summer Olympic Games were held in Moscow in 1980), and for the first time - the Winter Games. After the end of the Olympic Games, the Winter Paralympic Games were held at the same venues
