Tag: Winter Games Sochi 2014

  • Ekaterinburg to Celebrate the Day of the City

    Sochi – Russia, August 20, 2013: Ekaterinburg will be the first Russian city to celebrate the Day of the City as part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad. This year, Ekaterinburg is celebrating its 290th anniversary and a multitude of events will take place till August, 18 in honor of the city’s founding. Residents and…

  • Torch Relay from the Curonian Spit to the Avacha Volcano

    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…

  • Sochi 2014 OC Presents Competition Schedule

    Sochi 2014 OC Presents Competition Schedule

    Sochi – Russia, July 24, 2013: The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has presented the Competition Schedule for the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. The Sochi 2014 Games will be held from 7 – 23 February 2013. The Competition Schedule includes information about all the competitions taking place during the Games and also the Olympic Ice…

  • Organ Music Festival to take place in Sochi

    Organ Music Festival to take place in Sochi

    Sochi – Russia, July 16, 2013: The XIV Festival of Organ Music will take place in Sochi from July 14 to August 18, 2013, as part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad. The festival will introduce listeners to performances by musicians from various countries including Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Poland, and Germany. The vibrant “Window to…

  • Sochi 2014 Names First Olympic Torch Relay Torchbearers

    Sochi 2014 Names First Olympic Torch Relay Torchbearers

    Sochi – Russia, July 10, 2013: 3 months prior to the ceremonial arrival of the Olympic flame in Russia, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee approved approximately half of the torchbearers for the Olympic Torch Relay, the Presenting Partners of which are companies Coca-Cola, “Ingosstrakh” and “Russian Railways”. Of the 140,000 candidates, nearly 6,000 torchbearers have…

  • Sochi 2014 IPC Paralympic Winter Games

    Sochi 2014 IPC Paralympic Winter Games

    Germany, Mar 12, 2013: The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has opened the media accreditation application process for non-rights holding broadcasters interested in attending the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games. Interested broadcast organisations, who have not acquired the broadcasting rights to the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, can apply via the IPC’s website at www.paralympic.org/events until 31…

  • Still time for Sochi 2014 Volunteers!

    Still time for Sochi 2014 Volunteers!

    Sochi – Russia, Feb 06, 2013: Volunteers, There is exactly one month left until applications close for those wishing to volunteer at the 2014 Games in Sochi. At the start of December, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee announced the closing date for registration – March 1, 2013. At the same time, a countdown clock appeared…

  • Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games taking shape

    Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games taking shape

    Lausanne – Switzerland, Oct 11, 2012: Sochi 2014, The eighth visit of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission to Sochi concluded today with Commission Chairman Jean-Claude Killy praising the local organisers of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games for the notable progress they have made in preparations, just weeks before the start of a key…

  • Olympic Games broadcast rights in China

    Olympic Games broadcast rights in China

    London – GBR, July 28, 2012: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced an agreement with China Central Television (CCTV) to broadcast the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014; the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016; the second Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China, in…

  • Sportlotto Appointed Partner of Sochi 2014

    Sportlotto Appointed Partner of Sochi 2014

    Sochi – Russia, July 17, 2012: Sportlotto Company has been appointed as an official Partner of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games in 2014 in category of “traditional lottery gaming programs“. The agreement was signed by Dmitry Chernyshenko, President and CEO of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, and Sergei Korovin, General…