First Co-ordination Commission Visit to Sochi

23.04.08 - 19:07 ... source : International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

... Bonn, Germany - Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Co-ordination Commission for the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games concluded its first visit to the Russian host city. During two days of meetings, the Commission, including International Paralympic Committee (IPC) representative Miguel Sagarra (IPC Vice-President), visited the sites of the venues for the 2014 Winter Games as well as received an update from the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee (Sochi 2014) on a number of key areas of Games preparations, such as the Organizing Committee's structure, transport, marketing, environment and construction. All general presentations also included Paralympic Games topics. Russian Prime Minister Zubkov, Deputy Prime Minister Zhukov and a number of other high ranking Russian government officials also attended the meetings. Said Mr. Sagarra: "We had very informative meetings here in Sochi and I am happy to see t ...» Next (HTML)