Sochi 2014 presented its first progress report to the IOC Wednesday. Dmitry Chernyshenko, President and CEO of Sochi 2014, said that the Sochi Venue and Infrastructure Construction Schedule, which was due for submission on August 1, was tendered to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ahead of schedule. The plan outlines that the construction of all Olympic venues will start no later than 2009 and all sports facilities will be completed by the end of 2012 for a full Test Event program.

All proposed Sochi 2014 venue locations have been submitted to the IOC and International Federations for review and approval, said Sochi 2014

According to the presentation the new location for the Athletes? Mountain Village, at a height of 1,100m, is now even more convenient as it is closer to the other competition venues than originally planned. The Roza Khutor resort will host all Alpine Skiing and Snowboard events in 2014.

Transport planning is also progressing well and in February 2009 Sochi 2014 will submit the next draft of its full transport plan.

Chernyshenko told the IOC that the Russian Government had moved swiftly to enact the crucial legislation for preparing and delivering the Games. Infrastructure legislation was implemented to regulate areas including land acquisition, work permits, procurement, and environment in relation to the Games.

Sochi 2014 said the Olympic and Paralympic law was passed and protects all bid guarantees by protecting all IOC and IPC intellectual property preventing ambush marketing, ticket scalping and price gorging.

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