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Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee Marks one Year Countdown for Paralympic Games

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On the 7th March Russia will celebrate one year to go until the first ever Winter Paralympic Games in Russia’s history.

The Paralympic Games will take place in Sochi from the 7-16 March in 2014.

The Games will bring together 1,350 Paralympic athletes and team members from across 45 countries. They will be competing for 72 sets of medals in five Paralympic sports.

Celebrations will be supported by the set of Paralympic test events, that will begin at the "Rosa Khutor" Alpine Center. The IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals – which include the new event para-snowboarding - will begin on the 6th of March.

In Moscow, celebrations will be held in Red square, where the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Torch Relay route and the official pictograms of the Paralympic Games will be unveiled by Sochi 2014 President and CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko.

For more information, please contact:

Xenia Reizhevskaya, Sochi 2014 Head of Press Office, +7 925 999 2551\

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