2017 Winter Military World Games

Sports competition

III Winter Military World Games

Host city| Sochi, Russia
Nations| 25
Events| 44 in 7 sports
Opening| 23 February 2017 (2017-02-23)
Closing| 27 February 2017 (2017-02-27)
Opened by| Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev
Athlete's Oath| Natalya Korostelyova (sportsmen)
Mikhail Kazadoy (coaches)
Judge's Oath| Alexander Tomashchuk
Torch lighter| Svetlana Ishmuratova
Anatoly Alyabyev
Main venue| see below
Winter

← Annecy 2013

Berchtesgaden 2022 (cancelled) →

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

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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.[1]

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:[2]

Venue  | Area  | Sports  | Capacity

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Ice Cube Curling Center | Olympic Park | Opening and closing ceremony | 3000
Bolshoy Ice Dome | Olympic Park | Sport climbing | 12000
Iceberg Skating Palace | Olympic Park | Short track | 12000
Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex | Krasnaya Polyana | Biathlon
Cross-country skiing
Ski orienteering | 7500
Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort | Krasnaya Polyana | Alpine skiing
Ski mountaineering | 7500

## Mascots and brand style

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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.[3]

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.[3]

## Schedule

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OC | Opening ceremony  | 1 | Event finals  | CC | Closing ceremony  | ● | Event competitions  | EG | Exhibition gala

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February  | 24
Fri  | 25
Sat  | 26
Sun  | 27
Mon  | Medals

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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

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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

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### Alpine skiing

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Slalom  | Stefano Gross
Italy | 1:30.82  | Manfred Moelgg
Italy | 1:31.01  | Cristian Deville
Italy | 1:31.42
Team slalom  |  Italy
Manfred Moelgg
Stefano Gross
Cristian Deville | 4:33.25  |  Germany
Hansi Schwaiger
Fabian Gratz
Carlo Dorn | 4:47.50  |  Iran
Nima Baha
Behnam Kiashemshaki
Pouria Saveh-Shemshaki | 5:03.93

#### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Slalom  | Irene Curtoni
Italy | 1:38.51  | Maria Shkanova
Belarus | 1:38.93  | Laurie Mougel
France | 1:38.97
Team slalom  |  Italy |  |  Russia |  |  China |

### Biathlon

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Klyachin | 1:24:10.2  |  Austria
David Komatz
Peter Brunner
Kevin Plessniter | 1:24:55.4  |  Italy
Thierry Chenal
Riccardo Romani
Maikol Demetz | 1:27:30.4
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 Tarantola | 52:34.4
(1+1+1) |  Austria
Klaus Leitinger
David Komatz
Peter Brunner
Kevin Plessniter | 52:39.8
(1+1+0)

#### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Nechkasova | 1:10:38.2  |  France
Enora Latuilliere
Coline Varcin
Estelle Mougel | 1:14:25.1  |  China
Chu Yuanmeng
Zhaohan Zhang
Xuelan Wang | 1:18:49.3
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 Durkina | 47:14.3
(2+1+0) |  China
Xue Lan Wang
Chu Yuanmeng
Zhao Han Zhang
Shuang Chen | 51:51.5
(1+2+3)

#### Mixed

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Arnault | 1:45:39.1  |  Russia
Aleksey Chervotkin
Denis Spitsov
Artem Maltsev | 1:45:40.8  |  Finland
Kusti Kittilae
Juho Mikkonen
Teemu Harkonen | 1:48:12.5
Team sprint  |  Russia
Artem Maltsev
Nikolay Morilov | 20:36:70  |  France
Clement Arnault
Paul Goalabre | 20:36:80  |  Finland
Kusti Kittilae
Juho Mikkonen | 20:37:02

#### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Iljina | 1:25:21.5  | —
Team sprint  |  Russia
Natalja Iljina
Natalia Korosteleva | 22:11:36  |  Switzerland
Alina Meier
Fabiana Wieser | 22:23:98  |  Italy
Chiara De Zolt Ponte
Francesca Baudin | 22:33:41

### Short track

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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500 m  | Xu Hongzhi
China | 42.065  | Yang Shuai
China | 42.075  | Denis Ayrapetyan
Russia | 42.368
1000 m  | Jin Kim Sun
South Korea | 1:25.574  | Yuri Confortola
Italy | 1:26.861  | Xu Hongzhi
China | 1:29.004

#### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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The teams in the mixed event were made up of sportsmen representing different countries, in accordance to the International Skating Union rules.

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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3000 m  |  Arianna Fontana
Elena Viviani
Jae Min Hwang
Daniil Eybog | 4:05,281  |  Eugenia Zakharova
Ekaterina Konstantinova
Yuri Confortola
Nicola Rodigari | 4:05,913  |  Wang Runyuan
Wu Yi
Yang Shuai
Ning Qipeng | 4:06,570

### Ski mountaineering

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Individual  | Alexis Sevennec
France | 0:53.38  | Manfred Reichegger
Italy | 0:55.23  | Miguel Caballero Ortega
Spain | 0:56.06
Team  |  Italy
Manfred Reichegger
Daniel Antonioli
Richard Tiraboschi | 2:51:25  |  France
Alexis Sevennec
Bastien Fleury
Franck Asserquft | 2:53:26  |  Spain
Miguel Caballero Ortega
Luis Alberto Hernando Alzaga
Francisco Javier Navarro Jimenez | 2:57:23
Team race  |  Spain
Miguel Caballero Ortega
Luis Alberto Hernando Alzaga | 1:56:09  |  France
Bastien Fleury
Alexis Sevennec | 1:56:17  |  Italy
Manfred Reichegger
Daniel Antonioli | 1:57:24

#### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Burlakova | 4:11:44  | —
Team race  |  France
Letizia Roux
Adèle Milloz | 2:28:09  |  Russia
Ekaterina Mitiaeva
Svetlana Berezan | 2:53:29  | —

### Ski orienteering

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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 Fuchs | 1:12:30  |  Switzerland
Sven Stefan Aschwanden
Tobias Michael Lutz
Andring Kappenberger | 1:14:27
Team sprint (middle+sprint)  |  Russia
Eduard Khrennikov
Stepan Malinovskii
Eduard Khrennikov
Vladimir Ignatov | 1:59:09  |  Finland
Eevert Toivonen
Sampo Hyppoelae
Eevert Toivonen
Sampo Hyppoelae | 2:14:06  |  France
Yann Debayle
Baptiste Fuchs
Rudy Gouy
Baptiste Fuchs | 2:20:38

#### Women

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Middle  | Maria Kechkina
Russia | 00:35.33  | Tatiana Oborina
Russia | 00:38.44  | Antoniya Grigorova
Bulgaria | 00:39.28
Sprint  | Tatiana Oborina
Russia | 00:17.54  | Maria Kechkina
Russia | 00:18.11  | Anastasia Kravchenko
Russia | 00:18.55
Relay  |  Russia
Tatiana Oborina
Anastasia Kravchenko
Maria Kechkina | 56:55  |  France
Lou Denaix
Gaelle Barlet
Elodie Bourgeois-Pin | 1:09:51  |  Kazakhstan
Asem Nazyrova
Elmira Moldasheva
Olga Novikova | 1:11:35
Team sprint (middle+sprint)  |  Russia
Maria Kechkina
Tatiana Oborina
Tatiana Oborina
Maria Kechkina | 1:50:22  |  Kazakhstan
Olga Novikova
Asem Nazyrova
Olga Novikova
Asem Nazyrova | 2:08:15  |  France
Elodie Bourgeois-Pin
Gaelle Barlet
Gaelle Barlet
Lou Denaix | 2:25:00

### Sport climbing

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#### Men

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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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

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The host countries are highlighted in lavender blue.[4]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

## References

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1. ^ 70th CISM General Assembly & Congress in Kuwait City (Kuwait) - 2015
2. ^ Sports Venues
3. ^ a b Marks
4. ^ Medal Table

## External links

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