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Olympic Sochi to Host the World’s Leading Sports Journalists

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From the 15th-18th of April, Sochi will host the 76th Congress of the International Sports Press Association (AIPS). In total, 340 participants from leading international and Russian sports media from over 100 countries will meet in Sochi for the event.

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New Flavors Made For Official Sochi 2014 Chocolates

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The Sochi 2014 Ambassadors team together with Italian chef Roberto Bruno has created Sochi 2014 sweets dedicated to the first Russian Winter Games in an improvised chocolate lab. After tasting four versions of sweets with different flavors the two favorites were selected. The winners were determined by votes from the creators. These sweets will go on sale across the country under the Sochi 2014 brand in May 2013.

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One Year to go Prior to the Olympic Games in Sochi

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On February 7, 2013, Russia celebrated a landmark date: just one year to go before the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. On that morning, the All-Russian countdown in days, hours, minutes and seconds to the start of the Olympics began. For the first time in the history of the Games, at exactly 11:00 am local time across Russia, eight OMEGA countdown clocks to the Olympic Games in 2014 were simultaneously unveiled. Representatives of regional and city authorities, famous athletes, culture and art personalities, as well as representatives of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee took part in the OMEGA countdown clock unveiling ceremonies. In the evening, the city of Sochi was the center of the celebrations: at the Olympic "Bolshoy" Ice Dome, Jacques Rogge, the Head of the IOC, presented an official invitation to the Games to representatives of the National Olympic Committees, which culminated in a colorful ice show with a performance by Sochi 2014 ambassador Ilya Averbukh and Russian figure skating stars.

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Sochi 2014’s mountain venues set to provide lasting legacy

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Situated in Krasnaya Polyana which is about 40km from Sochi, the newly-built mountain venues will be home to all the skiing and sliding sports during Sochi 2014. After the Games, many of the venues will continue to host major international competitions, such as World Cup events, while also providing modern facilities for the region.

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Ilya Averbukh named Sochi 2014 Ambassador

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Famous Russian figure skater Ilya Averbukh was named a Sochi 2014 Ambassador during the unveiling of the Olympic and Paralympic torch design. A honorary diploma was presented to him by the President of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, Dmitry Chernyshenko. Ilya Averbukh is the 37th person to join the team of Sochi 2014 Ambassadors.

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