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Sochi given 2014 Winter Olympics
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/6271122.stm
Sochi given 2014 Winter Olympics Many in Sochi partied all night after hearing the announcement The Russian resort of Sochi has been chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, beating South Korea's Pyeongchang. Sochi secured 51 votes at a meeting of International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegates in Guatemala, beating its South Korean rival by just four votes. In earlier voting, the third contender, Salzburg in Austria, was eliminated. The presidents of all three candidate countries had attended the meeting to plead their countries' cases. |
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