Sochi Gets a New Wrestling Complex for 2014 Games

Sochi Gets a New Wrestling Complex for 2014 Games

A new "world-class" wrestling training complex opened Monday for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, named after three times Olympic Greco-Roman Champion Alexander Karelin. The complex has the capacity to train ten teams simultaneously.

The opening ceremony was attended by Sochi 2014 President and CEO Dmitry Chernyshenko; State Duma deputy and Olympic gymnastics champion Svetlana Khorkina; and State Duma Committee for Physical Culture and Sport, and Olympic figure skating champion Anton Sikharulidze.

Chernyshenko said at the ceremony, "we can already see real results of Sochi becoming one of the main sports centres in Russia - the opening of this new sports training complex is perfect proof of this. Children from all over the country will be able to train here." Read the whole story here.