Delivering Success: Engagement, Legacy and Vision Olympic Winter Games 2026 Case Study Sochi 2014 The Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 embraced the importance of education to support the community and foster greater unity by spreading Olympic values throughout society. Olympic education programmes were introduced into secondary school curriculums, reaching four million A new generation of sports school children in 60 Russian regions managers, equipped with the by September 2013. necessary knowledge and Another educational legacy was the skills to stage major sport opening of the graduate-level Russian events, will not only become International Olympic University, which top-class specialists but trains future sports industry professionals in sports management and governance. ambassadors for the Olympic As well as developing skills for the ideals and values as well. industry, the University instils Olympic Dmitry Chernyshenko values, teaching the next generation the importance of social unity. President and CEO of the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee Further support was given to Russia’s young people through the Sirius Academy, a special educational centre enabling gifted children to develop their abilities in 昀椀elds including science, sport, the arts and technical subjects. Social Unity 19