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Neilster -> RE: Let's talk Olympics ! (2/10/2014 12:36:24 AM)
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I actually prefer the Winter to the Summer games. Everybody is seduced by marquee events like the 100m but in reality the Summer games has loads of tedious sports like pistol shooting, synchronised swimming, dressage etc. The Winter Olympics has lots of cool gravity powered events, many of them with the potential for spectacular crashes [:'(]
Australia picked up 2 gold and a silver last time. Not sure about this time. We might need everybody to fall over in the speed-skating again, which gave Steven Bradbury the gold medal [:D]
It happened in his semi too, which he was only in because some Canadian dude got disqualified in the quarter final. It's entered the Australian vernacular. Any time somebody wins from nowhere its "doing a Bradbury". He loves the expression and says he hopes it's still being used when he's dead.
As for Sochi...bad luck. If your system is corrupt and there's almost no rule of law, that's what you get. The joint's unfinished, only a few hundred metres from the stadium it looks like Stalingrad circa February 1943, the accommodation for the journalists is either appalling or non-existent and Putin's mates have made off with 30 billion dollars. It's symptomatic of this "new Russia". A flashy façade concealing a shambles.
I thought the opening ceremony was generally very good but there were some glaring omissions from Russian history. Mind you they weren't terribly flattering so that's hardly surprising. I did think they could have had the traditional symbol of Russia though...a cantankerous steamroller, breaking down halfway across the stage [:'(]
Cheers, Neilster
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