The 2014 Winter Olympics were hosted by the city of Sochi, located in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. The games took place from February 7 to 23, 2014, and featured events in sports such as skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, and more. Sochi was chosen as the host city in 2007, beating out other contenders such as Salzburg, Austria, and Pyeongchang, South Korea.