After London 2012,'' Waiting for the Winter Games in Sochi 2014

Sochi and Russia will be a challenge on several fronts. The team of Russian athletes attending the games is pretty weak when compared to that of more noble, that could embarrass the athletes home, the threat of terrorist attacks that have shaken Russia for over a decade is still much alive in the memories of local people. Then of course there are more technical issues, for example, one wonders if in February in Sochi will be cold enough for snow, and if the currently largest urban construction project in Europe will have due regard to the protection of'' environment.

Dmitry Chernyshenko, president of the organizing committee, it is certain that Russia will be ready. "We are on time and within budget," he said in an interview to'' inside the Olympic site in London. In Sochi all the lifts are completed, while the majority of premises will be put in place in autumn , and the stadium will be delivered at the beginning of 2013''. '' Before the start of the Olympics, Sochi will test the new facilities in 22 international sports events, such as the Grand Prix of Figure Skating for next winter. "We're building everything from scratch," said Chernyshenko, "'' It's like painting on a blank canvas, you can paint with the highest degree of freedom for our artists."

On the occasion of the Grand Prix races conducted last July, the technical director of special jumping and Nordic combined Ivo Pertile conducted a survey in the Russian town, "trampolines have been completed and is lavornado for other plants and facilities of the Olympic site, will the novelty of the trail that starts from the Nordic Combined braking zone of the pad and will be different than that of skiers. All around but is still a building site, are all '' by thousands of workers who are building a road only destined for various venues, including a new railway will be built in parallel. We will see no doubt spectacular races in terms of quality and in terms of atmosphere. "