By David Gold
September 14 - More than 300 representatives from Sochi 2014, including members of the Organising Committee and volunteers, have completed learning programmes based around London 2012.
From the start of the Olympics to the end of the Paralympics those involved took part in observer and secondment programmes – the largest in Games history.
Participants (pictured top) gained invaluable knowledge as they gear up to stage the Winter Olympic and Paralympics in February 2014.
Some 270 events were held including seminars, meetings with experts, suppliers and sponsors, and visits to competitions and venues.
Nineteen employees of Sochi 2014 worked full-time with the London 2012 Organising Committee over several months, six of the party doing so under the auspices of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).
Sochi 2014 representatives learned several valuable lessons from visiting London 2012, including Olympic Village management
The group focused on all aspects of Games organisation, including logistics, Olympic Village and venue management, transport and accommodation.
The volunteers at London 2012 have been widely praised for their enthusiasm and spirit, and their number included over 100 representatives from Sochi as well as Kazan, which hosts the next Summer Universiade in 2013.
The Russian volunteers worked more than 10,000 hours during the Olympics and Paralympics, and organised an excursion across London for the country's Paralympians at the end of the Games.
Key to Sochi's experience in London was Sochi.Park in Kensington Gardens, which was situated adjacent to Russia.Park, the official headquarters of the Russian Olympic Committee.
IOC President Jacques Rogge enjoys a taste of Russia during a visit to Sochi.Park
In total 80,000 people visited Sochi.Park to experience a taste of Russian winter during the British summer.
An ice-dancing show featured Russian Olympic and world champions, a cable car experience through "Sochi" and even an opportunity to enjoy a snowball fight with the mascots of Sochi 2014.
Among those dropping in to Sochi.Park were International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, René Fasel, the President of the International Ice Hockey Federation, and Russian Olympic Committee President Alexander Zhukov.
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