Only the best and really useful applications and web services for fans SOCHI 2014

We offer you a list of useful web projects, mobile applications and social accounts of the Sochi-2014. The main principle of this collection, we decided to choose utility, ease of use and aesthetic appeal products.

Official site of Sochi 2014 → sochi2014.com

The official website of the Olympic Winter Games is available all the information sorted by sports teams, countries. There is a curious fan zone. Best of all is implemented information about medals - except for the medal standings in 2014, the year can be compared with data last year, or just to get the data about received medals today - for those who have followed the Games daily. We did not like the design of the site, but its functionality is able to close all the needs of the fans.

We liked the fact that the site is a dedicated section on the Paralympics, the performance, which podvig²And many sites completely ignore this part of the Games (Ed.: Note on our heading "no excuses»).

Additionally, you can download the mobile app on their smartphone. Annexes: the internal navigation of the town, if you're at the Olympic Games, as well as general information, back-up site.

Best of all for the Russian search engine turns out to systematize the flow of information to the media dumped on the fans. The project Yandex you can quickly view the schedule of competitions, to get acquainted with the athletes to watch the news from various suppliers. Well, of course - to view the general medal standings.

Additionally, Yandex launched a useful application that pushes you to your country's team medal standings (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan) - nothing more! And who needs to drill ore subtleties of races, go to the sports sites.

The emphasis in the project Rambler placed on the aggregation of news, and for all lovers of digging in the tables and glasses, throws on the portal site sports championship. Here, too, you can watch the medal standings as soon as the first will win.

Google.ru → Search engine query "Olympian in Sochi"

Just ask Google about the game and he will be thrown out at you right to find information about the athletes and the buildings, schedules and medal standings. All this is very convenient ...

... and work on mobile!

NBC

Broadcaster NBC - the official channel broadcasting Sochi 2014 in the US, but because they rasstaralis. We recommend that you look at their mobile applications for Android.

Applications allow us to receive push notifications about the beginning of the competition, which is very convenient, and watch video replays. A US residents available live broadcast, video on demand (Ed.: see our instructions how to extend their rights to use similar applications). If you do not get a subscription and get access to this content, download Highlights From the same NBC.

Medal Alert

This is a simple application that allows you to receive push-notification of the medal standings at the selected command in the chosen sport. Those. for example, you can cheer for Iceland in hockey, curling and bobsleigh, and only these data will fall into your phone. Conveniently for special gourmet :)

... and, of course, the same Twitter

If you want full immersion in Olympic affairs, there is no better place than Twitter, you will not find. You should start with the official account:

1daytogoto # sochi2014: First Winter Olympic Games in Russia. Get Excited! pic.twitter.com/Q6jexR92ty - Sochi 2014 (@ Sochi2014) February 6, 2014

Quite popular, too, Nick Hope account with the BBC channel, which is in the "fields" and publishes a very entertaining materials.

Russian fans enjoying their first taste of snowboard slopestyle action at the Winter Olympics # Sochi2014pic.twitter.com/sHOOCwdOJO - Nick Hope (@NickHopeBBC) February 6, 2014

Also interesting is Twitter and Instagram NBC channel dedicated to games:

#Whoa: The view from the top of the Olympic #moguls course (via @jonnymoseley): pic.twitter.com/YdYMCIKg6C - NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 7, 2014

And let's not forget that for all the news about the embezzlement, falling curtains and paired toilets, any Olympics - it is the time of reconciliation, enthusiasm and a spectacle that give us athletes who have given decades of the fact that in front of us slips in just a few minutes. We wish all of the athletes show the peak of his form, and win - only the most worthy.