Tag: Sochi 2014 Olympic
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IOC sanctions Marina, William & Vitalijs
Sochi, Fed 22, 2014: Sanctions, The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that cross-country skier Marina Lisogor of Ukraine has been excluded from the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. Lisogor, 30, tested positive on 18 February for the presence of trimetazidine. The IOC Disciplinary Commission, composed for this case of Denis Oswald (Chairman), Nawal…
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Torch Relay from the Curonian Spit to the Avacha Volcano
Sochi, Aug 14, 2013: The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has unveiled details of the Olympic Torch Relay route with Presenting Partners Coca-Cola, OSAO “Ingosstrakh” and OAO “Russian Railways”. The Olympic Torch Relay will start on October 7, 2013, last 123 days and pass through 2,900 cities and villages from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. 14,000 torchbearers will…