The announcement will be made by IOC President Jacques Rogge at the Olympic Museum. The event will be webcast live on www.olympic.org and fed live from Lausanne.

WHERE:
Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland

WHEN:
Thursday 21 February from 11:00 GMT

MEDIA INFORMATION:
Media representatives interested in covering the event at the Olympic Museum are requested to confirm their attendance to the IOC Communications Department on +41 21 621 6000 before 16:00 Swiss time on Wednesday 20 February.

MATERIAL AVAILABLE FOR BROADCASTERS:

The announcement
The event, including the presentation of the two finalist cities and the announcement by the IOC, President will be fed live as follows:

Europe
- Timing: 10:45-11:30 GMT
- EUTELSAT W3A 7 deg East TXP B1 CHANNEL 9MHZ D2
- DOWNLINK FR.: 11023 MHZ POL X
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Asia
- Timing: 10:45-11:30 GMT
- ASIASAT 100.5 deg East TXP 11A CHANNEL 9MHZ G2
- DOWNLINK FR.: 4104,5 MHZ POL Y
625 Pal 16/9 MPEG 4:2:2 66665 hsymb/s FEC 7/8

Interviews
Interviews with the IOC President following the announcement will be available as follows:

Europe
- Timing: 13:00-13:15 GMT
- EUTELSAT W3A 7 deg East TXP B1 CHANNEL 9MHZ D2
- DOWNLINK FR.: 11023 MHZ POL X
625 Pal 16/9 MPEG 4:2:2 66665 hsymb/s FEC 7/8

Asia
- Timing: 13:00-13:15 GMT
- ASIASAT 100.5 deg East TXP 11A CHANNEL 9MHZ G1
- DOWNLINK FR.: 4093,5 MHZ POL Y
625 Pal 16/9 MPEG 4:2:2 66665 hsymb/s FEC 7/8

Contacts: Coordination office: +41 22 809 15 15
Up-link station contact: David Mazzeo: +41 79 372 53 01

All video and photo material will also be available on the IOC Video Newsroom at the following address: www.olympic.org/thenewsroom

Further information on the Youth Olympic Games is available on www.olympic.org/yog

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For further information, please contact the IOC Communications Department, Tel: +41 21 621 60 00, e-mail: pressoffice@olympic.org

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At the signing of the Host City Contract, which sets out the legal, commercial and financial rights and obligations of the IOC, the host city and the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of the host country in relation to the Olympic Games, the IOC President, Jacques Rogge, congratulated the Sochi team for winning the vote and praised the high quality of their file and final presentation.

“Sochi presented a strong and visionary project” said Rogge when opening the press conference that followed the announcement ceremony. “I have every confidence that Sochi will host excellent Games in 2014”, he continued.

The IOC President also thanked the other Candidate Cities: Salzburg (Austria) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea) for their excellent efforts and the quality of their candidatures. He also hoped that today’s disappointment would not discourage them from realising some of their projects.

Rogge said: “The Russian project will leave a tremendous legacy: a sporting legacy for athletes and for Russia’s young generations, who will be able to practise winter sports at home, as well as a social and economic legacy with infrastructure being used both in the winter and the summer. Sochi has placed young people at the heart of its project and developed a programme that will allow young Russians to be exposed to the Olympic values of excellence, friendship and respect, and pursue their Olympic dream. I congratulate Sochi for their inspiring project and look forward to collaborating with them over the next seven years”.

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