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.
To mark the start of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad’s Year of Music, the chamber ensemble, "The Soloists of Moscow", featuring Sochi 2014 Ambassador Yuri Bashmet performed for Olympic construction workers in the unique natural scenery of the "Bolshoy" Ice Dome, which is due to be completed in May 2012.
Before the start of the volunteer selection process to recruit 25,000 volunteers for the Games in Sochi, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee has launched the "VolunTour" advertising and informational campaign.
Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Gives Olympic Start To Mass Volunteer’s Recruitment For The Games 2014.
Circa 100 representatives of leading TV companies from around the world have arrived in Sochi to participate in the first International Meeting of Broadcasters of the Olympic Games 2014.
The International Festival “Epiphany Week” of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad will culminate on the 29 January with G. Rossini’s opera, “The Barber of Seville”.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and McDonald’s Corporation announced today that McDonald’s has extended its global sponsorship agreement until 2020.
The Russian delegation, led by the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, has arrived in Innsbruck for the Winter Youth Olympic Games, one of the key Olympic milestones before Sochi hosts the Winter Games in 2014.
In Moscow a family sports celebration as part of the Sochi 2014 Partners’ League was held at the CSKA sports complex. OAO "NK Rosneft", a Games of 2014 General Partner, was the organizer of the event.
The Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee today named Baltika Breweries as the official beer supplier to the Winter Games after President and CEO, Dmitry Chernyshenko, signed an agreement with Isaac Sheps, CEO of Baltika Breweries and Senior Vice President of Eastern European region, Carlsberg Group.