Winter Olympics


Ukraine hopes to reinforce power of emerging nations in Olympic bidding process

By Lauren Mattera at the International Sports Event Management Conference in London

Carpathian ukraineNovember 7 - Ukraine is continuing its emergence as a more powerful and influential country, as their bid for the 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games gathers pace, other more established bidders fall away, reinforcing the excitement growing within the former Soviet state that they can compete with the favourites, it was claimed here today.

Sochi 2014 will do for Russia what Beijing 2008 did for China, says Gosper

By Mike Rowbottom at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi

kevan gosper 06-11-1November 6 - The Sochi 2014 Games promise to do for Russia what Beijing 2008 did for China, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) former vice-president Kevan Gosper said here today as he opened the World Press Briefing in the luxury hotel complex that lies amid the inland mountains which will host the alpine events in 15 months' time.


Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic ice track set for first test

By Tom Degun in Sochi

Sochi trackNovember 2 - The Sliding Centre Sanki, which will host the bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton events at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, is set to face its first test as athletes from 25 nations use the venue for an international training week.







Ukraine bid for 2022 Winter Olympics set to go ahead

By Tom Degun in Kyiv

bubka 181012October 18 - Ukraine is set to bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics through the city of Lviv after a major Sport Congress hosted here in the capital rubberstamped the plan in a resolution that was unanimously voted on.