Test events

Sochi will hold both national and international test events and competitions in each sport and discipline for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games from 2011 to 2014, as outlined in the Host City Contract for the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games.

Main goals:

• Evaluate usability of each of the Olympic venues in preparation for the Games and their alignment with the requirements of International Sports Federations, the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee;
• Verify the efficiency of management systems used for the Games venues, in relation to transportation and technology;
• Ensure that the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee is prepared for the Games in terms of functional areas and Olympic venue personnel;
• Optimize strategic responses to emergencies and unusual circumstances, as well as providing general security for participants and spectators at the Games.

The Russian government passed a decree to form the Interdepartmental Commission, to be led by Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Kozak. The Commission has been formed to coordinate and supervise the preparation and implementation of test events at the Sochi Olympic venues. The following organizations are working closely with those responsible for implementing the construction of the Olympic venues and developing Sochi as an alpine ski resort: Russia's executive branch; Russian sports federations; SC Olympstroy; the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee and the Russian Paralympic Committee.

The program was put together in line with requirements from the International Olympic Committee; International Paralympic Committee; International Sports Federations and previously experienced Organizing Committees for the Olympic Games. There will be 74 events from December 2011 to September 2013, with 39 of them being national and 27 being international; 8 tests will take place at the Russian National Sliding Center during the official training weeks. Amendments will be made to the schedule after plans for preparing the country's national teams for the 2014 Games have been approved by the Russian sports federations.