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
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The podium where medals were awarded near the ski jump site on Mount Igman, near Sarajevo
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The disused ski jump on Mount Igman
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The judges' room at the ski jump site
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The logo of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo is seen on a tower near Zetra Hall.
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Vucko, Sarajevo's Olympic mascot, whose name means "little wolf," skis on the outside of Zetra Hall.
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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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An abandoned hotel in Sarajevo's Olympic Village
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Ruins of a hotel in Sarajevo's Olympic Village
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A painting of Vucko, the Olympic mascot, 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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Bushes have grown over stretches of the bobsled track on Mount Trebevic, near Sarajevo.
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Graffiti covers the neglected track.
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Another timeworn Olympic logo on a street in central Sarajevo
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The Olympic Museum in Sarajevo
