Sochi, Russia awarded 2014 Olympic Winter Games

CNN (excerpt) ^ | July 4, 2007

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Breaking News - The city of Sochi, Russia, is awarded the 2014 Olympic Winter Games beating Salzburg, Austria and Pyeongchong, South Korea.

[mewzilla]

Just glad its nowhere in NYS :)

[mewzilla]

...it’s....

[Petronski]

Sochi (Russian: Сочи) is a Russian resort city, situated in Krasnodar Krai near the southern Russian border. It is located among the snow-capped peaks of the Caucasus Mountains overlooking the shores of the Black Sea. At 147 km, Greater Sochi is claimed to be the longest city in Europe.[1] As of the 2002 Census, it had a population of 328,809, down from 336,514 recorded in the 1989 Census.

[Taking Congress back in 2010]

How to win at the Russian Winter Olympics: Dig in and wait until Spring.

[mewzilla]

Looks kinda nice....

Online guide to Sochi

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Wikipedia - Sochi

[GnL]

How to guarantee that nobody watches the Winter Olympics: put it in a city nobody has ever heard of or cares about, and in a time zone far, far, away from the U.S.

[Petronski]

[mewzilla]

That’s a decent logo, too! :)

[Petronski]

They are currently nine hours ahead of EDT.

[FormerACLUmember]

Right up near to IslamoNazi hotbeds. The Russkies need to seriously prepare for terrorist disruptions, in my opinion. Solchi is too convenient and too tempting a target for the Islamists to pass up.

[stm]

Any Russian athletes that lose will get an all expense paid vacation at a Gulag of Komrad Vlad’s choosing.

[MinuteGal]

I'm totally happy that Russia is getting the winter games.

This should keep Putin Inc. quiet till 2014 while they busy themselves building ski runs rather than baiting the U.S.

It's a good idea to let the the commie powerhouses like Russia and China throw a party once in a while to which the whole world is invited. It actually gives the free world a little stick (like boycotts) to keep the hosts somewhat on the straight and narrow for a while while we attend to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and other troublesome areas.

Leni

[Alberta's Child]

I dunno. I believe the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway was one of the most successful of all time.

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[G8 Diplomat]

Cool. Sochi’s a scenic city, and it has a nice ski resort.

http://www.kraspol.ru/

[G8 Diplomat]

How to guarantee that nobody watches the Winter Olympics: put it in a city nobody has ever heard of or cares about, and in a time zone far, far, away from the U.S.

I've heard of Sochi, though I can't say I care about it. And there are Olympic followers across the pond in Europe too, and Russia isn't in a time zone too far away from them.

[Taking Congress back in 2010]

You must have been rooting for one of these two thriving metropolis Salzburg, Austria or Pyeongchong, South Korea.

I don’t think that they are on CDT either.

[Caramelgal]

put it in a city nobody has ever heard of or cares about, and in a time zone far, far, away from the U.S.

Like Pyeongchong, South Korea ever had a chance. LOL

But was Lillehammer in Norway ever a household name? They put on a pretty good show as I recall.

Besides, people who really care about the Giant Slalom and the Luge won’t care much about silly things like time zones dude.

And after her Gold metal win in Women’s Figure skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olypimpics, Maryland, USA’s own Kimmie Meissner will be poised to win her second Gold at Sochi in 2014! That should bring in some viewers.