The 22nd Winter Olympic games 2014 will start at Sochi in Russia today. Russian organizers said that a record number of world dignitaries are coming to the Sochi Olympics, triple the amount that attended the 2010 Vancouver Games. Dmitry Chernyshenko, head of the Sochi organizing committee, told the International Olympic Committee, IOC that 65 heads of state and government and international organizations are expected to attend Russia's first Winter Olympics. Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon are among those attending and meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
News On AIR | February 7, 2014 1:56 PM
Winter Olympics begin today in Sochi, Russia