Russia promises 'green' 2014 Games
- Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 03.45
- Online news: Sports
The head of Russia's Olympic committee said Wednesday that his country was set to host the greenest Games ever when the winter version of the sports extravaganza opens in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in a year's time.
People fish on the seafront of the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi on January 14, 2013. The head of Russia's Olympic committee said Wednesday that his country was set to host the greenest Games ever when the winter version of the sports extravaganza opens in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in a year's time.
"At the moment we are in great shape," Dmitry Chernyshenko told reporters in Moscow. "All competition venues are commissioned and we are right in the middle of the most important and intensive part of the preparations for the Games."
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