Thread: Sochi 2014 - Olympic Winter Games (official site)

Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games are about to start in Canada... and there's still a lot of time left till the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. In the meantime, you can watch the countdown (1515 days as of time of writing this post) and read updates from the official website.

Sochi 2014 - official site in English
Sochi 2014 - official site in Russian

By the way. Tickets on opening ceremony were sold out instantly. Three with half hours, and there is nothing.

Found a video: “Sochi 2014 — “One Year To Go” Ceremony”. ...Wow! Perfect answer even to China. Enjoy. ))

Василий Слонов WELCOME TO SOCHI 2014

Он сильно переступил ту грань, где пиарщика начинают называть громкими и непереводимыми словами из национального жаргона.

I can't wait to see what the Russians do to the Canadian hockey team! I'll be watching all the games, well, except figure skating.

Has anyone seen the Olympic Torch?
My friend in Ryazan saw it. Some photos from a phone that aren't very good. She said it was very exciting to see.

E-mail:
Hi ****!
The Olympic fire was in Ryazan today . Traffic was stopped. Along the road there were people , a lot of students , schoolchildren, the police keep order to prevent terrorist attack as in Boston for the marathon . I photographed them from the balcony on our street Mervinskaya when I came home for lunch . Then I went to the court, took one case, and then we all went out into the street, stood waiting . The weather is very nice , sunny and warm day , although the morning freez . Then special cars of sponsors approached: advertising Coca -Cola, money bank, then we saw a man with a torch , the torch was lit. Then the girl with a new torch approached , the man lit her fire and put out his , and she ran on. Behind them rode the bus around which the men fled from the СОБР=SOBR - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, more ambulances , fire machines, police. We went to the work.

I will host the images if more than 1 person wants to see them.

I received bad new from my job search. I will not be going to Sochi to work in a hotel. Hospitality Skills 95%, Language Skills test killed me. Stupid Brit spelling, Québécois French and Cuban Spanish.

One of my Russian "Kids" will be working in Sochi! I sent $16 dollars to her so she can send postcards. She is a very smart young lady. She speaks Russian, English, German and learned some Brazilian Portuguese from the other maids. I gave her a good recommendation.

Who didn't see that torch? It was a huge speculation about it on the Russian TV, that it was developed by a rocket science institute (literally), and it is almost impossible to take its fire out. Although it happened to be actually quite possible, it's very impressive that the torch was taken to so many Russian cities, the bottom of the lake of Baikal (the deepest lake in the world), the North Pole and even the outer space. Needless to say, it is quite a promotion

Soon it will come to Samara, the city I currently reside in and I'm definitely going to see it live.

Originally Posted by DrBaldhead

Soon it will come to Samara, the city I currently reside in and I'm definitely going to see it live.

Today the main Olympic Fire has merged with the Olympic Fire of Samara and continued its journey to Sochi. And by sheer luck, I've witnessed it.

And the Olympics are open!

Coverage in USA sucks. NBC has a soap opera on. NBC Sports has bass fishing. Opening Ceremonies via computer.

Watch Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Winter Olympics Sochi 2014 Live Stream Online

Originally Posted by capecoddah

Coverage in USA sucks. NBC has a soap opera on. NBC Sports has bass fishing. Opening Ceremonies via computer.

Let me congratulate Americans on the first Olympic gold medal (although, considering behavior of the US media you don't deserve this).

NBC has a soap opera on. NBC Sports has bass fishing

The question might be a bit naive, but weren't there any other channels?

The opening ceremony was EPIC, especially the historical scenes. And that stadium sized 3D display is the device I'd love play some Mortal Kombat on

UPDATE: Now I know - NBC has exclusive rights of airing the games within the US.

The opening ceremony was very beautiful, but the idea to show the alphabet history was some strange I think)

это было круто! Браво, россияне!

Great men's downhill today. I loved the overhead camera shots. Well done, Mayer!

Twitter collections of humorous photos showing various (alleged!) problems in Sochi -- for example, apartments and hotel rooms in the Olympic Village that are STILL under construction, urinals not yet connected to the water and sewage lines, and the now-famous "twin toilets".

https://twitter.com/SochiFails
https://twitter.com/SochiProblems

True, a few of the photos are obvious fakes by people poking fun at "backwards Russia"... and some photos that may have been taken somewhere else in Russia, not in Sochi... and some that aren't evidence of EPIC FAIL by the Russian organizers, but simply show certain realities that Western visitors aren't used to, like the sad problem of homeless dogs.

I did laugh at this one, however:

I'm more interested in the state of the snow for the events. The piste for today's cross-country sprint was awful and there were some terrible falls. I'm worried that all the construction work (including the removal of vast swathes of trees) has affected the "micro-climate" so that the ski area is too warm...

I'd really like to ski there but on tv here (in Switzerland) all the presenters are complaining about the crazy prices - e.g. ten dollars for a coke. Until I become an oligarch I think I'd better steer clear...

Originally Posted by edvalais

[...] ten dollars for a coke. Until I become an oligarch I think I'd better steer clear...

Allegedly, there's free beer for Canadians in Sochi, eh?

Belorussian Women's Biathlon!

I forgot the word "Belorussian" in a previous post. I almost called a Gold!
One of my Summer Kids is related to a team member.

I am sorry I don't have a flag from Belarus.

My Kids.

If anyone wants to give me the official Russian Olympics gear (shapki, kurtki i t.d.) I won't say no.

I wonder if there's some deep psychological significance in routinely detecting homosexual associations in images. Maybe this says more about the observer than the thing looked at. I advise several forumchane to take a Rorschach test as a matter of urgency.

(Кстати, Паша, ты спер мое слово!)