Rogge happy with Sochi’s progress

IOC president Jacques Rogge gave his full support to the organisers of the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying he was very happy with Sochi’s progress. “I am extremely pleased by the pace and quality of the preparations in Sochi,” Rogge told a news...

IOC president Jacques Rogge gave his full support to the organisers of the 2014 Winter Olympics, saying he was very happy with Sochi’s progress.

“I am extremely pleased by the pace and quality of the preparations in Sochi,” Rogge told a news conference.

The Russian Black Sea resort, which was awarded the 2014 Games at the IOC session in Guatemala in July 2007, needs to build most of the sports venues and infrastructure from scratch.

“Sochi was awarded the Games just a little over two years ago and I am very happy with the city’s progress,” said Rogge.

Sochi 2014 CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko said Games sponsors Visa’s IOC contract helped his city to raise its sponsorship budget to $850 million.

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