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Sliding Center Sanki

The Sliding Center Sanki (Санки) is a bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track located in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia, 60 km (37 mi) northeast of Sochi. Located in the Western Caucasus. The venue hosted the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

History
In 2006, it was announced that Russia would construct two new bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton tracks. The first track was located near Moscow while the second one would be located in Krasnaya Polyana. By 2009, the location was changed to Rzhanaya Polyana, located not far from Krasnaya Polyana. On 26 April 2016, a fire damaged part of the track. ==Track==
Track
The track length is 1365 meters for bobsleigh, skeleton, and men's singles luge and 1325 meters for luge – women's singles and men's doubles, Post-Olympic usage involves international bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton competitions and training for Russian athletes involved in those sports. ==Controversies==
Controversies
Construction was scheduled to begin in 2007 and run until 2009 with testing events approved by the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the FIL in 2013 and 2014. The joint track commission of the FIBT-FIL expressed concerns over this issue. Controversy about the track also included the Northern Caucasus brown bear's location near the track for which the bear is an endangered species. Resolution Both issues were resolved after FIL President Josef Fendt expressed his support along with an International Olympic Committee (IOC) visit in Sochi on 21 May 2009. ==References==
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