2014 Winter Olympics to be held in Sochi, Russia

[Minigoon]

For those of you interested, the location of the 2014 winter olympics has been selected, Sochi, Russia.

 

news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/...271122.stm

[trwi7]

Anybody know what other cities were in the running?

 

Here's some pics of Sochi.

 

http://www.russia-ukraine-travel.com/images/sochi1a.jpg

 

http://www.polisci.wisc.edu/users/schrad/Grasmyr%20058.jpg

 

http://www.ildado.com/lazurnaya-casino-conti.jpg

[NeedMoreFans]

The final 3 cities were Sochi, Salzburg, Austria and some city in South Korea. This marks the first time the winter games will be held in Russia, which is surprising considering how dominate they normally are in the winter games (or at least once were).