The preparations for Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics are well under way with the Olympic Park on schedule for completion by next year. A central Olympic Park is being created that will be able to accommodate for up to 75,000 people and for the first time in Olympic history all the ice events will be in walking distance of each other. The Olympic Park will also host the main Olympic Village, the International Broadcasting Centre and the Main Press Centre. During the Games the snow and ice events will be held in two main areas which are also on track with their preparations with many of the mountain venues expected to be completed by the end of this year. The plan is to finish the mountain and coastal venues two seasons before the start of the Games. All of the infrastructure will be done by 2012 for the Olympic Park, said Sochi organisers. The ice event venues will be held in a cluster of coastal area in Sochi while the skiing and sliding events will be held in the mountain cluster in the Krasnaya Polyana Mountains. Many of the venues will be hosting events at the beginning of 2012 in preparation for Sochi 2014. International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission Chairman Jean- Claude Killy was left with a good impression about the venues after a recent visit to Sochi. I am confident that the worlds winter athletes will be impressed when they arrive in Sochi for the up-coming sports events and the Games in 2014, Killy said. The ice venues include the Bolshoi Ice Palace, the Maly Ice Palace, the Sochi Curling Centre, the Figure Skating and Short-Track Centre and the Speed Skating Centre. The mountain venues include a Biathlon and Ski Complex, a Bobsleigh Track, a Ski Centre and a Ski Jump Complex, as well as a Snowboard Park and Freestyle Centre.
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