As Sochi takes the spotlight as the host of the Winter Olympics, the sporting infrastructure of a previous host city, Sarajevo, is slowly turning to rubble. Bosnia-Herzegovina's war of the early 1990s, followed by years of neglect, left Sarajevo's 1984 Olympic sites decaying and forgotten. (14 PHOTOS)
Sarajevo's Abandoned Olympic Sites
![The podium where medals were awarded near the ski jump site on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo](https://gdb.rferl.org/da371a27-d779-4e26-bc1f-e0892b70cd1f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The podium where medals were awarded near the ski jump site on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo
![The disused ski jump on Mount Igman](https://gdb.rferl.org/f9f73b42-e0c7-4363-babd-2757d136e5df_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The disused ski jump on Mount Igman
![The judges' room at the ski jump site](https://gdb.rferl.org/a571082e-fc47-4e18-a26e-05ed1d6f477e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The judges' room at the ski jump site
![The logo of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo is seen on a tower near Zetra Hall.](https://gdb.rferl.org/96c506c6-5f46-4466-aabc-8c3af2c40948_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The logo of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo is seen on a tower near Zetra Hall.
![Vucko, Sarajevo's Olympic mascot, whose name means "little wolf," skis on the outside of Zetra Hall.](https://gdb.rferl.org/8aebfd82-c2f3-4c90-a4e9-bdc34db91a88_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Vucko, Sarajevo's Olympic mascot, whose name means "little wolf," skis on the outside of Zetra Hall.
![A dog walks past the Olympic snowflake logo on the wall of the Kosevo Stadium, the venue of the opening ceremony in 1984.](https://gdb.rferl.org/6d2fd88c-6139-4bc4-afdb-5f6587d8285e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A dog walks past the Olympic snowflake logo on the wall of the Kosevo Stadium, the venue of the opening ceremony in 1984.
![An abandoned hotel in Sarajevo's Olympic Village](https://gdb.rferl.org/aa49c4fa-26f7-487c-b715-c50d78d6f572_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An abandoned hotel in Sarajevo's Olympic Village
![Ruins of a hotel in Sarajevo's Olympic Village](https://gdb.rferl.org/0d70a773-7018-47a5-b5a2-6171082bd644_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ruins of a hotel in Sarajevo's Olympic Village
![A painting of Vucko, the Olympic mascot, is seen at Zetra Hall, the onetime figure-skating venue.](https://gdb.rferl.org/2ab79ac9-952c-4096-bb43-b0fa18c0c915_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A painting of Vucko, the Olympic mascot, is seen at Zetra Hall, the onetime figure-skating venue.
![The disused bobsled track on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo](https://gdb.rferl.org/3bb9e5c7-9875-4861-a61d-a98f096c0d78_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The disused bobsled track on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo
![Bushes have grown over stretches of the bobsled track on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo.](https://gdb.rferl.org/d9125b46-5712-402d-9b2f-4a1b5ebf493a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Bushes have grown over stretches of the bobsled track on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo.
![Graffiti covers the neglected track.](https://gdb.rferl.org/652e4cca-c21a-414f-9e5a-c844e5e6753c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Graffiti covers the neglected track.
![Another timeworn Olympic logo on a street in central Sarajevo](https://gdb.rferl.org/e109d286-88d3-4876-b988-8736e20c2a7e_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Another timeworn Olympic logo on a street in central Sarajevo
![The Olympic Museum in Sarajevo](https://gdb.rferl.org/56b75d28-0d67-4db9-844b-92a8d35dee1b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Olympic Museum in Sarajevo