Leonid Tyagachev, the President of the Russian Olympic Committee: «Nothing But Gold!»

The decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Guatemala is only a part of the enormous success. Total success will be attained when we settle all the questions and tasks for preparation and conducting of the twenty second Olympic Games.

And to obtain it we must prepare and train the best quality team for the Games, give the talented youth the opportunity to try on the T-shirts of the Russian team. The latest victories of our sport raised the success level as high as it had never been before. It is quite obvious that no result but gold will be recognized as satisfactory one for our hockey players, figure skaters, skiers. And today we are saying: the Olympics of 2014 must not be only prepared and conducted, they must be won! This is not a slogan; this is a real task we are sure to carry out.

Today you have a chance to get acquainted with the first issue of the magazine «Olympic Reporter» which, as I hope, will be interesting not only for sport lovers but, with no exception, for every Russian person. Intended to become the chronicles of the Olympic construction, it will follow and tell you how the country will be preparing for the largest sport forum: stadiums, hotels, commercial and entertaining centers constructing, roads building, ports and railway stations extending. I truly hope that together with «The Herald» the Olympic spirit of Sochi will enter every family, town, city and region.