Nick Butler Senior Reporter

Since joining insidethegames.biz in 2013, Butler has travelled to a variety of major global sporting events, including the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games as well as the most recent editions of the Asian, European and Pan American Games in Incheon, Baku and Toronto. He has also attended the last four International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sessions and has particularly enjoyed tackling the politics and diplomacy of the Olympic Movement.

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IOC delighted with progress at halfway point of Sochi 2014

By Nick Butler in Pushkin Hall at the Main Press Centre in Sochi

Despite huge concerns in the build up, the first half of the Games has been considered a huge success ©Getty ImagesFebruary 14 - International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials claim they delighted with progress at the halfway point of the Olympic Games here after a week in which the focus has remained on sport rather than the negative issues which clouded the build up.