Ukraine will start the construction of facilities as part of the Olympic Hope 2022 project from the spring of 2012, Vice Premier and Infrastructure Minister Borys Kolesnikov has said at a press conference.
"The construction of facilities for the 2022 Winter Olympics will be launched from the spring of 2012," he told Interfax-Ukraine, while commenting on the terms of Ukraine’s preparations for the Olympics.
According to the vice premier, under the requirements of the International Olympic Committee, a half of the facilities will be built before Ukraine bids to host the Olympics. The issue concerns the construction of ski, toboggan and bobsledding tracks, he said. The remaining facilities will be built if Ukraine gets the right to host the Olympics, Kolesnikov said.
