Sochi (pps) The Russian city of Sochi has received top marks from an inspection group from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) visiting the host city for the 2014 Winter Olympics. “I am confident that the world’s winter athletes will be impressed when they arrive in Sochi for the up-coming sports events and the Games,” said IOC Coordination Commission Chairman Jean-Claude Killy of France. The three-time Olympic champion in alpine skiing led the IOC group in a visit to the Olympic sporting venues near to the coast, the hotels, several venues, and other Olympic facilities in the mountains. The group also toured the site of the Russian National Sliding Centre, the combined track for luge, bobsleigh and skeleton, currently under construction in Rzhanaya Polyana.