{"id":141242,"date":"2023-09-13T19:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141242"},"modified":"2023-09-13T19:20:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:20:21","slug":"inside-eerie-abandoned-winter-olympics-venue-transformed-into-war-base-that-now-lays-rotting-riddled-with-bullet-holes-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/sport\/inside-eerie-abandoned-winter-olympics-venue-transformed-into-war-base-that-now-lays-rotting-riddled-with-bullet-holes-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside eerie abandoned winter Olympics venue transformed into war base that now lays rotting &amp; riddled with bullet holes | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN old Olympic venue used at the 1984 Winter Games was left abandoned for 19 years after it was used as a key base in the Bosnian War and ruined.<\/p>\n<p>The huge track began construction in Sarajevo in 1981 when Bosnia and Herzegovina was still a part of Yugoslavia, with the 1983 European Bobsleigh Championships holding its first event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1984-winter-olympics-moment-pride-842841664.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/1984-sarajevo-bobsled-run-mount-842842205-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The track, used for both bobsleigh and luge was called \u201csafe, quick and technically interesting,\u201d and required \u201cextreme concentration and technical knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, it was the\u00a0fastest and steepest\u00a0in the world at\u00a01,300 meters and held 30,000 spectators.<\/p>\n<p>When the 1991 Yugoslavian War broke out the Olympic track became a concrete trench and an artillery stronghold, as holes were drilled in to use in the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Bosnian War, which ran from 1992 to 1995, continued to use the trench in warfare as it was in a prime location, looking down on the city of Sarajevo from the mountain top.<\/p>\n<h2><span>READ MORE IN SPORT<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PM-SPORT-PREVIEW-Arena-da-Amazonia-Manaus.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>World Cup venue which England played at is almost abandoned after \u00a3217m build<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/MM-SPORT-PREVIEW-MONZA-RACE-TRACK1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Inside abandoned F1 oval track not used for over 60 years after fatal crash<\/h3>\n<p>During the war, the Siege of Sarajevo took place killing tens of thousands of civilians and soldiers in the single longest siege of a capital city in modern warfare.<\/p>\n<p>On average, the city was shelled 329 times a day including the track which once had the world\u2019s best athletes on it.<\/p>\n<p>The course was abandoned and left riddled with bullet holes and laid rotting, overgrown by plants and graffiti until a restoration project in 2014 began.<\/p>\n<p>With the help of volunteers, the national bobsleigh federation, and an International Luge Federation grant the track is back in use with the Slovakian, Polish, Turkish, Slovenian, Croatian and Serbian national teams all practicing summer luge on it.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Sport<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/newspress-collage-23928368-1694555220922.jpg\"><\/picture><span>JOE BLOW <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Awkward moment Joe Cole is left shocked by Souness&#8217; 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