In the end of December the Head of the Coordination Commission of the XXII Olympic Games Jean-Claud Killi stated it in his letter to the Deputy Prime-Minister Dmitriy Kozak, who is in charge of the preparation for the Sochi Olympic Games.

 

In IOC's opinion the optimal time difference between Sochi and Central Europe is 2 hours (recently it is 3 hours). In the letter Killi insists that the decission should be made soon, before  the World Broadcasters Meeting.

 

Sochi-2014 Organizing Committee stated that the schedule of the competitions is prepared in cooperation with the Olympic broadcasting services and international sports federations.