Sochi 2014 Olympic Games Essay Example

a population of 400,000 people and is situated in Krasnodar, which is the third largest region in Russia. According to the web-site sochi2014. ru, “The Games will be organized in two clusters: a coastal cluster for ice events in Sochi, and a mountain cluster located in the Krasnaya Polyana Mountains. This will make it one of the most compact Games ever, with around 30 minutes travel time from the coastal to mountain cluster.

The Sochi Olympic Park will be built along the Black Sea coast in the Imeretinskaya Valley, where all the ice venues such as the Bolshoi Ice Palace, the Maly Ice Palace, the Olympic Oval, the Sochi Olympic Skating Centre, the Olympic Curling Centre, the Central Stadium, the Main Olympic Village and the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre, will be built anew for the 2014 Games. The Park will ensure a very compact concept with an average distance of six kilometers between the Olympic Village and the other coastal venues. The mountain cluster in Krasnaya Polyana will be home to all the skiing and sliding sports.

The mountain concept is again a very compact one with only an average distance of 4km between the mountain sub-village and the venues. There will also be a sub-media centre in the mountain cluster. According to the latest The Olympic Games news on TV, “For Russia and for Vladimir Putin, Sochi 2014 will be a display of personal pride and strength. That is why some estimates suggest the event will cost the country as much as $50 billion (? 2 billion/€38 billion), making it the most expensive Games ever ahead of Beijing 2008.

” "The eyes of the world will soon be on Sochi and I have no doubt that Sochi will be the best," said IOC President Jacques Rogge in a speech last month. "With support from the Russian people and public authorities at all levels, this city has come a very long way since Sochi earned the right to host the Games six years ago. " "We cannot predict exactly what will happen in a year's time but we do know that we will witness many unforgettable moments.

Records will fall and new heroes will emerge. The world is coming to Sochi, and Sochi will be ready to welcome the world. " he said. In conclusion I would say I left Sochi at the end of last year feeling that Sochi looked like a "Winter Wonderland" and will be a very good host city for the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. That remains the case now, and even though it faces huge pressure to deliver, following a huge successful Vancouver 2010 and London 2012, you can very much expect Sochi 2014 to live up to these high expectations.