BERLIN (Reuters) - Russian Olympic chief Alexander Zhukov has been picked to head the team that will evaluate the 2022 winter Olympic bids ahead of next year's decision, the International Olympic Committee said on Monday.
Zhukov, a former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation who became an IOC member in 2013, has fresh experience from organising Games, having played a key part in the $50-billion (30.7 billion pounds) 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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