Omega Welcomed Two-fold Olympic Silver Medalist Albert Demchenko

17.02.2014

Brilliantly finished the competition with two silver medals, the honored athlete shared his experiences and spoke about the importance of time in luge competitions at the meeting in the pavilion OMEGA, the Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games.

Albert Demchenko in the OMEGA pavilion

February 14, the famous Russian luger Albert Demchenko visited the pavilion of OMEGA, where he told the guests, fans and reporters about some of the highlights of his sporty career and his plans for the future.
Athlete participates in the Winter Olympics for the seventh time. On February 9, he won his second silver medal in the men`s singles luge riding, and on February 13 - the second silver in the men`s race dyads.
Asked about the importance of technology in winning the competition, Albert Demchenko said that the secret of success of an athlete is not only professional equipment, but, most importantly, hard work and training.

Albert Demchenko in the OMEGA pavilion

"Work, work and work again" - was farewell of Albert to athletes, future participants of the competition to succeed.
Albert told the audience that he was going to start preparing for the next Winter Olympics, but details of their plans for the future will tell later. The athlete also said that he would prepare his daughter to participate in the Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang 2018. "But first I need some rest ," - he concluded.

Albert Demchenko in the OMEGA pavilion

OMEGA and the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in Sochi
OMEGA was the first company to receive an official timekeeper of the Olympic Games: our company has been entrusted to the timing of all events included in the Olympic program in 1932 in Los Angeles. The history of our involvement in the Olympic movement has been more than 80 years - during which time we have developed a number of unique innovative technologies in the field of sports timekeeping. In Sochi, OMEGA acts as the official Olympics timekeeper for the 26th time.

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