SOCHI, May 14 (RIA Novosti) - The head of the IOC
coordination commission in charge of preparations for the 2014
Winter Olympics in the resort city of Sochi praised Russia's
progress on Thursday, after a two-day visit to check proposed
sites.
During the visit, the International Olympic Committee
panel headed by Jean-Claude Killy met with the Sochi Organizing
Committee, and government and regional officials, along with
representatives involved in venue construction.
"There aren't any failings, however there is a huge amount
of work ahead, it is a massive, colossal project and everyone
who is responsible for it has no time to lose," Killy said
during a press conference in Sochi.
Killy said he was confident that all the work would be
completed on time and that the IOC delegation, which visited
Olympic venues, accommodation and local infrastructure, had no
concerns.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said: "We are
confident that the sporting facilities and infrastructure...
will be completed on time; the majority of venues will be built
by 2012."
Sochi won the right to host the Olympics at an IOC session
in Guatemala in July 2007 after a close race with South Korea's
Pyeongchang and Austria's Salzburg.
Russia has never hosted the Winter Olympics. Moscow hosted
the Summer Olympics in 1980, but the event was marred by a
U.S.-led boycott involving more than 60 countries.
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