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Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate? All the athletes in Sochi! Sunday marked the end of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia [1], and while the final medal count [2] has been tallied, we're still interested in some of the more obscure stats, too. So here you have it: Sochi by the numbers.
- 33 The number of medals won by Russia, who earned the most in this year's Games. Second place went to Norway with 26, followed by Canada's 25 and Team USA's 28.
- 2 The number of times we saw an Olympic rings "snowflake malfunction," first with the opening ceremony's snowflake malfunction [3] itself, and then with the hilarious snowflake malfunction reenactment [4] during the closing ceremony.
- 2 The number of very public USA vs. Canada hockey bets, including President Obama's beer bet [5] with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the viral "Loser Keeps Bieber" bet [6] displayed on a Chicago billboard.
- 1 The number of HBO Girls/Sochi parody Tumblrs [7].
- 2 The number of athletes who won the gold for the women's downhill event [8]. It was a tie. Also the number of times bobsledder Johnny Quinn got stuck in Sochi, once in a bathroom and once in an elevator [9].
- 4 The number of puppies Team USA's Gus Kenworthy [10] posed with on Instagram. He says he wants to rescue them.
- 1 The number of dog-related hoaxes courtesy of Jimmy Kimmel, who teamed up with Olympic athlete Kate Hansen for a viral wolf video [11].
- 15 The number of sports represented, from alpine skiing to curling.
- 26 The number of days Russian figure skater Julia Lipnitskaia qualified by [12]. She's only 15 and the youngest gold-medal winner ever. Sorry, Tara Lipinski. She beat you.
- 36 The age at which Bode Miller became the oldest athlete to medal in alpine skiing.
- 65 The relatively warm temperature in Sochi during the first week of the Olympics [13].
- 84.17 The score Russian figure skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov received on their short program — and it's a world record [14].
- 90 The number of years only men competed in ski jumping. This year marks the first time women can compete [15].
- 97 The number of nations that sent delegations to the games.
- 98 The number of events, 12 of which are new.
- 230 The number of athletes on Team USA.
- 100,000 The number of condoms floating around the Olympic Village [16].
- $50 billion The estimated cost of the Olympics, the priciest ever.