Russian resort wins Winter Olympics vote
GUATEMALA – The Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi has been chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, beating South Korea’s Pyeongchang.
The result was announced by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge after earlier voting eliminated the third contender, Salzburg in Austria.
Russia’s president Vladimir Putin, a keen skier, said that in Sochi 70% of athletes would live within five minutes’ walk of the venues, so there would be no traffic problems.
President Putin, who attended the vote, said, “We can turn sports competitions into a really spectacular show and we are good at it.”
For both Salzburg and Pyeongchang, this was their second consecutive defeat. Both had lost out in the bidding for the 2010 Winter Games, which will be held in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Ian Jarrett
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