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Moscow 2013 LOC first meeting

04.02.2011

The Local Organizing Committee of the 2013 World Championships in Athletics held its first meeting in the Government House of the Russian Federation.

LOC Chairman, Head of the Russian Olympic Committee, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Aleksandr Zhukov noted that the World Championships in Moscow will be an additional stimulus for development of athletics in Russia and sport infrastructure in Moscow”.

It was noted, that over 2000 athletes from 213 countries and about 6000 officials are expected to come to the World Championships in Moscow, and a simplified system to get a Russian visa should work for all of them. Special traffic lanes for buses and cars of athletes and officials were proposed to be assigned to solve Moscow traffic problem.

One of main questions was media coverage of preparing and holding the event, and the most urgent question is buying TV rights for broadcast in Russia and choosing the host broadcaster for the event.


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