24 Dec 2013 15:57

Russian Olympic Committee head calm about decision of certain foreign leaders not to visit Sochi Games

MOSCOW. Dec 24 (Interfax) - Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov says he is calm about the decision of some foreign leaders not to visit the Sochi Winter Games.

"This [decision] will have no effect on the quality and significance of the Olympic Games," Zhukov told media chiefs in Moscow on Tuesday.

"Olympic Games are a competition of athletes," he stressed.

Zhukov said he had not heard about the Games' boycott.

"No one speaks about a boycott. No one even gives a serious consideration to this option, either at the International Olympic Committee or amongst serious politicians. So, we should take this calmly," he noted.