![Sochi launches 2014 Winter Olympics countdown clock](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F91%2F02%2F910290_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_TWloYWlsIE1va3J1c2hpbiAjOTEwMjkw_116%3A95_sputnik-910290-preview_a53202e90a741971e66977c643bfb680.jpg)
![Sochi launches 2014 Winter Olympics countdown clock](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F91%2F02%2F910290_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_TWloYWlsIE1va3J1c2hpbiAjOTEwMjkw_116%3A95_sputnik-910290-preview_a53202e90a741971e66977c643bfb680.jpg)
Participants attend the ceremony for launching Sochi countdown clock for the 2014 Winter Olympics, which is due to start in 1,000 days. The innovation clock model, 4.15 m in height, 4.408 m in length and weighing 3.5 tons, was designed by the Swiss company Omega, which has made particular clock models for each city hosting Olympic Games since 1932.
- Categories: Sports
- Location: Sochi, Krasnodar region, Russia
- Event date: 14.05.2011
- Date published: 14.05.2011
- Author: Mihail Mokrushin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Graphics. Ink
- Media: JPEG, 3888x2524px, 2.2Mb