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精品文档 it is a great honor for me to address you today and to present the bid of sochi to host the olympic winter games in 2014. the bid has enthusiastic support of the whole of russia. we pledge to make the stay of olympians and paralimpians, spectators, journalists, guests in sochi a safe, enjoyable and memorable experience. sochi is a unique place. on the seashore you can enjoy a fine spring day. but up in the mountains it ’ s winter. i went skiing there six or seven weeks ago, and i know – real snow’ s guaranteed. the ancient greeks lived around sochi. i also saw the rock near sochi to which as legend has it prometheus was chained. it was prometheus who gave people fire, fire which ultimately is the olympic flame. ladies and gentlemen! the city of sochi has exclusive offers: we are working on a list of special privileges for participants and guests of the games. for example we plan to lift all restrictions on the minimum stay for delegations. this will be backed up by a special law. (i have already signed a decree to this effect). and one more special privilege: no traffic jams! i promise! the recent world ice hockey championship in moscow was a big success. russia is ready to host winter olympic and paralympic games in 2014. the olympic family is going to feel at home in sochi. millions of citizens of russia are united by the olympic dream. winter sports are very popular in russia. our athletes have scored many victories and have made major contributions to the olympic movement. but we have not yet had the honor to celebrate the winter olympics. our national pledge to you is: the choice of sochi is the best choice. but whatever decision you make sochi ’s olympic bid has already brought its benefits. the olympic cluster in sochi will be the first world class mountain sports centre in the new russia. let me point out that after the break-up of the soviet union russia has lost all sports venues in the mountains. would you believe it? even today our national