Tag: Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
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Rio 2016 working to deliver lasting legacy
Lausanne, Sept 3, 2013: Wrapping-up its fifth visit to Rio de Janeiro, the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission, underlined the strong progress being made to deliver a lasting legacy from the 2016 Games. With less than three years remaining until the Games begin, the Organising Committee and its Government partners were able to show…
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Host the World’s Leading Sports Journalists
Sochi – Russia, April 16, 2013: From the 15th-18th of April, Sochi will host the 76th Congress of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). In total, 340 participants from leading international and Russian sports media from over 100 countries will meet in Sochi for the event. The most prominent sports journalists from the biggest international…
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Youth Olympic Games celebrate one year to go
Lausanne – Switzerland, Feb 08, 2013: To celebrate one year to go to the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, the Youth Olympic Games team caught up with and filmed a couple of freestyle friends who have their sights firmly set on winning Olympic medals next February in Russia. The IOC is following the remarkable journeys…
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Olympic Adler Arena Hosts Test Events
Sochi – Russia, Jan 09, 2013: The first test events at the Adler Arena, the speed skating venue for the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, took place at the end of December 2012. In March 2013, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee will hold the main pre-Games test event at the venue: the Essent ISU World…
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Green Marathon’s Participants Planted Thousands of Trees across Russia
Sochi-Russia, May 23, 2012: Thousands of Russian people, including Sochi 2014 volunteers, have taken part in the “Green Marathon” campaign to complete an Olympic run and plant trees across the country. From east to west participants have planted nearly two thousand trees that will absorb more than 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide a year, supporting…
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Annual “Sochi 2014 Teacher” Contest Launched
The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, has announced the launch of the annual All-Russian “Sochi 2014 Teacher” Contest. Its main objective is to give the country’s teachers the opportunity to contribute to the development of Olympic education through the development and implementation of…
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Jean-Claude Killy praises Sochi’s “spectacular downhill”
The IOC Coordination Commission for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games today wrapped up its seventh visit to Sochi, Russia, as local organisers begin the transition from the construction and planning phase of preparations to the operational readiness phase. Jean Claude Killy, The Coordination Commission began its three-day visit by taking in the first FIS Alpine…