With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics, officials and workers in Sochi, Russia, are scrambling to complete the city's transformation into a modern Olympic venue. But in another onetime Olympic city, Sarajevo, the infrastructure built for the Winter Games is slowly turning to rubble. Bosnia-Herzegovina's war of the early 1990s, followed by years of neglect, left its 1984 Olympic sites decaying and forgotten. (Photos by Dado Ruvic, Reuters)
Sarajevo's Abandoned Olympic Sites
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A painting of Vucko, the official mascot of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, whose name means "little wolf," is seen at Zetra Hall, the onetime figure-skating venue.
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The disused bobsled track on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo
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Graffiti covers the neglected track.
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A close view of graffiti on the bobsled track
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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.
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Another timeworn Olympic logo on a street in central Sarajevo
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Bushes have grown over stretches of the bobsled track on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo.
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Vucko, Sarajevo's Olympic mascot, skis on the outside of Zetra Hall.
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The disused ski jump on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo
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The podium where medals were awarded near the ski jump site on Mount Igman
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A view of the ski jump through broken windows
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The judges' room at the ski jump site
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An abandoned hotel in Sarajevo's Olympic Village
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The logo of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo is seen on a tower near Zetra Hall.