Russian athletes won't have own house at 2018 Winter Games

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) has decided against opening its traditional ‘Russia House’ at the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, ROC President Alexander Zhukov said.

"This time the Russian Olympic Committee rejected the idea of organizing Russia House at the 2018 Winter Games," TASS cited Zhukov as saying.

The so-called Russia House was opened for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Norway’s Lillehammer upon an initiative from then-president of the ROC Vitaly Smirnov and was used during the Games as a recreational area for national athletes.

Since then Russia House became traditional for the national team and it was opened at all editions of Winter and Summer Olympic Games between 1996 and 2010.