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Aerethan wrote: I like the part where none of Sochi is prepared for the games. Construction on a lot of hotels and buildings is incomplete, and the accommodations are nearly third world.
Add to that the fact that EVERYONE with a wireless device is hacked within minutes of turning on said device, and the games so far which haven't even started yet, and the whole thing just sheds a very embarrassing light on Russia.
I'm inclined to make some joke about if they had allowed gay people to help then the place wouldn't look like ass(or they might have taken it a different direction and it would have all been asses).
What the heck happened here? You could always count on a world power dictatorship putting on a good show. I thought the whole point of a dictatorship was that people had to do what the dictator said or heads would roll (literally).
Its not as bad as that.
Some contractors and hoteliers offering services on the fringe of the games has pocketed funds and done either next to nothing or have botched it. These get press attention.
99% of it is running smoothly, this doesn't get press attention.
Olympic bus lanes working on schedule - not a news story.
Two toilets in one cubicle - somehow a news story.
Putin cant holdy-hand of every building contractor in the province and tell them to be competent.
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
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Two toilets in one cubicle - somehow a news story.
Well, obviously the Russian rules for Battle-gaks are different from the rules here in the US, or the Western World for that matter, so really, it should be a culture piece
Ding, ding. We already got 3 medals in one sports event. Russians got super excited they got first place, then the Dutch came in on the second half. Plus Olympic record. So it's a good beginning
Poor ignorant guardsmen, it be but one of many of the great miracles of the Emperor! The Emperor is magic, like Harry Potter, but more magic! A most real and true SPACE WIZARD! And for the last time... I'm not a space plumber.
The Grumpy Eldar wrote: Ding, ding. We already got 3 medals in one sports event. Russians got super excited they got first place, then the Dutch came in on the second half. Plus Olympic record. So it's a good beginning
Yes, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd places for the Netherlands on the 5km iceskating.
Epic
Big talk from Canadian snowboard slopestyle riders calling out Shawn white for not competing because he was afraid the Canadians would beat him. America still took the gold and the best the three Canadians could do was bronze.
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"No, sorry, synonymous does not mean same".-Dogma
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And sadly our brit guys got pushed out of medal positions in the slopestyle, ah well. There's still a chance for us to get medals in the women's slopestyle tomorrow
Andrew1975 wrote: Big talk from Canadian snowboard slopestyle riders calling out Shawn white for not competing because he was afraid the Canadians would beat him. America still took the gold and the best the three Canadians could do was bronze.
Bronze with broken ribs is still pretty amazing.
And they were calling him out because he was the only big name to withdraw while claiming 'safety concerns'. The sport isn't exactly 'safe' to begin with... That would be akin to Crosby or Malkin pulling out of the hockey tournament and saying, "it's not safe because I could get hit in the head."
Still not the classiest thing to do, but White kinda did it to himself.
Anyways, a gold and silver in women's moguls!
And we're sitting 2nd in the figure skating team competition!
Medal rankings are idiotic anyways. There should have been a limit at how many sporters could be sent to the Olympics per country.
Poor ignorant guardsmen, it be but one of many of the great miracles of the Emperor! The Emperor is magic, like Harry Potter, but more magic! A most real and true SPACE WIZARD! And for the last time... I'm not a space plumber.
The Grumpy Eldar wrote: There should have been a limit at how many sporters could be sent to the Olympics per country.
I think there is.... Usually for the less manpower driven events, it's up to, IIRC 3 people/teams competing (so the US/Canada, etc. can have up to 3, 4-man bobsled teams, etc.) but the larger teams, such as hockey, obviously it's the one team and that's it.
So far the events have exceeded my expectations. The venues (on TV) look nice and the competition seems solid with no embarrassing hiccups in either officiating, transportation, or schedules.
The one glitch was that ring that didn't open during the opening ceremony but the rest of that event was classy and spectacular.
I'm watching everything on a German TV channel though so I have some difficulty understanding everything that is said and they hardly ever show any competitors in events where Germany is not in the medal hunt.
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Well we got another sweep just now with Ice skating, gold, silver and bronze on the 500 Meters sprint.
The rankings are a bit off if I look at google but we got first place in the medal rankings now.
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Poor ignorant guardsmen, it be but one of many of the great miracles of the Emperor! The Emperor is magic, like Harry Potter, but more magic! A most real and true SPACE WIZARD! And for the last time... I'm not a space plumber.
Your country has awesome skaters. Like Germany has great Luge and Russia has ...vodka drinkers.
I am a bit surprised that the Finns and Swiss have such a tough time. They both have a lot of winter sportsmen. Do they leave training support to the individual athletes?
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Woo-hoo!
It may only last for a day, but Canada finishes the day in 1st place in the medal standings!
A gold in Speed Skating Short Track, and our second gold + silver finish in Moguls skiing!
We almost made it a clean sweep in the moguls, just barely losing out the bronze to Russia.
Not holding out much hope though of a three-peat in the men's curling though... barely beat Germany and lost to the Swiss rink - ouchie.
Still, Jones's rink should readily contend in the women's curling and end our gold medal drought in that one.
So I'm watching the free style Moguls and one of the skiiers, Alex Bilodeau had a human interest piece done on him and his brother. From what I gathered of the piece, Alex was inspired by his older brother Frederic, whom suffers from Cerebral Palsy. Frederic gained almost as much fame as Alex did when he won gold in 2010. Apparently Frederic paints and sells his art to help raise funds for CP research... well, I noticed a particular handle of brush, and looked closely... It seems the Olympian's brother also paints tiny MAN DOLLIES from the 41st Millenium, particularly the Ultramarines.
I know it's not related to the games themselves, but it's always cool to see our hobby(ies) in mainstream media, whether people really notice it or not
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I-Pod and the Japanese riders had fantastic runs. Shaun White and Danny Davis just could not complete clean runs. I thought Danny was going to finish that second run.
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JB wrote: I-Pod and the Japanese riders had fantastic runs. Shaun White and Danny Davis just could not complete clean runs. I thought Danny was going to finish that second run.
Yeah I thought exactly the same. Happy for Ayumu though, to get a silver medal that young, and he earned it!
Ayumu has been a strong competitor all year. We casual fans didn't notice but he earned a gold during a World Cup competition in New Zealand in August and a silver at the 2013 Winter X Games.
American and Canadians have some serious competition. It's become a more level playing field.
EDIT: I forgot to add the Devin Morgan's medal in women's slopestyle skiing was well earned. Each time I watch the video stream I am amazed that people do those things with skis.
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