Paxon
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Russians have their own rooms, which is exactly what I would do if I was in charge of team Russia.
Nothing wrong with some home field comforts, though I'd actually question whether or not it is beneficial.
Russians have their own rooms, which is exactly what I would do if I was in charge of team Russia.
Luongo in response to a question about small beds:
"Carey and I are going to push ours together"
Luongo in response to a question about small beds:
"Carey and I are going to push ours together"
It's a middle class resort. The rich go to France or Miami etc. For middle class Russians they will go to Crimea or Sochi or if they have a bit of extra money Turkey or Egypt.
Sochi suffered a lot after the war in Abkhazia. Many refugees showed up and simply built houses for themselves whereever they could.
imo it was too bad it didn't open bc it looked cool what they were tryign to do
Vancouver was one of the worst Olympics ever so don't feel so bad Sochi.
Technical failures during the ceremony, athletes dying, those ridiculous giant moose, Gretzky riding down the street in the back of a pickup with drunken people chasing him. I could go on.
Please do. (Not being sarcastic)
It's very aggravating when buses are late, whereas here, everything's very well put together, and the athletes are satisfied.â€
If that sounded like a veiled shot at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, where the tales of the bus-based dysfunction were accurate, Tretiak got even more explicit. He recalled where he stayed when he competed in the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics.
“We were accommodated in prisons in the United States,†Tretiak said, “staying in not the most favourable conditions.â€
Talk about putting a different spin on the Miracle on Ice. Not only is it true that the rooms in the athletes' village at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics were immediately converted into prison cells. Tretiak might have added another fact mostly lost to history: While the cells were made to accommodate one prisoner apiece — they were, after all, 7 1/2 feet by 10 feet — athletes slept two to a unit. A prison designed to hold 500 inmates housed 1,800 Olympic athletes, coaches and officials. Not the most favourable, indeed.
“It just goes to show you what media can do — it's the complete opposite of what I thought it'd be,†said Canadian defenceman P.K. Subban. “It's awesome. The rooms are awesome.â€
“Our accommodations are great. The cafeteria's been great ... Walking around, seeing the other athletes, it almost gives you that college feel.â€
And Sochi had no technical failure? I loved those giant moose, they made me chuckle in a positive way. You think the Sochi giant mascots are that much better? Gretzky riding down the street made it rather down to earth, I have no problem with that. Vancouver was not perfect, but from different accounts, it had the best atmosphere ever and the Russian organizers took note.Vancouver was one of the worst Olympics ever so don't feel so bad Sochi.
Technical failures during the ceremony, athletes dying, those ridiculous giant moose, Gretzky riding down the street in the back of a pickup with drunken people chasing him. I could go on.
Tretiak speaks up.
Vancouver was one of the worst Olympics ever so don't feel so bad Sochi.
Technical failures during the ceremony, athletes dying, those ridiculous giant moose, Gretzky riding down the street in the back of a pickup with drunken people chasing him. I could go on.
Tretiak speaks up.
Subban
JVR
http://www.thestar.com/sports/sochi...ack_at_critics_of_sochi_olympics_feschuk.html
Vancouver was great. Eyeryone praised it (at least the swiss media).
Russia isn't as bad as most guys write. But at least it's entertaining.
Tretiak speaks up.
Subban
JVR
http://www.thestar.com/sports/sochi...ack_at_critics_of_sochi_olympics_feschuk.html
The best part of every Olympics–is to trash those who organise it.
The Vancouver games organization wasn't described fondly here in Slovenia. Most of it, because they failed to protect a 2m ditch on a fast curve and our cross-country skier fell in and broke her ribs. She still managed to win bronze, but if the organizers did their job, it was a possible gold.
It's skiing, there are dangers. Don't fall and expect a gold medal.
You must not have watched that race.It's skiing, there are dangers. Don't fall and expect a gold medal.
For sure some things could have been better. It isn't perfect on the slopes in Sochi either. Snowboarders have been complaining that the half pipe ditch (not sure how it's called) isn't safe. A few skiers almost got injured at the alpine slopes because one section made them jump too high. One skier actually got injured at landing so the organizers had to modify the course a little bit. Things like these happens. The Olympics are a huge undertaking and sometime they overlook some areas. It shouldn't happen, but it does.The Vancouver games organization wasn't described fondly here in Slovenia. Most of it, because they failed to protect a 2m ditch on a fast curve and our cross-country skier fell in and broke her ribs. She still managed to win bronze, but if the organizers did their job, it was a possible gold.