Dmitry Chernyshenko, Chief Executive Officer of Sochi 2014, issued a statement Wednesday following Sochi’s election as host city for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
He said, “we are overjoyed. This is one of the most important days in Russia’s history. It is with a huge emotion that we are expressing our gratefulness to the International Olympic Committee and the whole international Sports Movement. You have made today a historic choice. You have decided to play a historic role in Russia’s future. The Games will help Russia’s transition as a young democracy. Millions of lives are going to be transformed by the fantastic power of the Olympic Games”.
He added, “the Olympic family has placed its faith in Russia to deliver the 2014 Winter Games and we will not let them down. The Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will mark the history. This will be a memorable event for the whole Olympic Family, the athletes and the spectators”.
Chernyshenko said, “Russia will now put its greatest strengths at the service of the Sochi 2014 Games. Sophisticated, ambitious and visionary, Sochi 2014 will truly be a 21st Century Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games”.
