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The experience in participation of Sochi volunteers in the Olympic Games 2014 has shown some features that must be considered in the preparation of major sports events. The paper is devoted to potential problems related with health of volunteers attending major international competitions, their mental and physical condition. The “Volunteer sport games” and the special program “Spectator volunteer” could stimulate strongly the constant interest of the Russian youth in volunteer activities. The XXII Winter Olympic and the XI Paralympic Games “Sochi 2014” were successful thanks to the efforts of technical services, judges, and more than 25,000 volunteers, whose work has been repeatedly noted positively by Thomas Bach, the President of the International Olympic Committee, and Sir Philip Craven, the President of the International Paralympic Committee. The Winter Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi were visited by millions of foreigners; the Olympic Games were watched on TV by at least 4 billion people globally. The manner in which this main event of the Olympic four-year period was organized, and the warm welcome of foreign visitors by volunteers will largely shape the world’s opinion about Russia and the Russians for the next 20-30 years. In Sochi they understand the importance of not only the Olympic Games, but also the post-Olympic legacy when the developed “technology of goods”, Olympic values, Olympic smile on the faces of volunteers and experts in the sphere of physical culture, sports and tourism, their personal and business qualities will attract millions of tourists to this city. The “Volunteer sport games” and the special program “Spectator volunteer” would stimulate strongly the constant interest of Russian young people in volunteer activities.