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« Reply #50 on: February 08, 2014, 05:05:56 am »
Once the parade was over the rest of the opening ceremony is interesting.
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« Reply #51 on: February 08, 2014, 05:40:46 am »
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/russia-terror/who-are-circassians-why-are-they-outraged-sochi-n23716


Who Are The Circassians, And Why Are They Outraged At Sochi?

By Alexander Smith and Ghazi Balkiz

Only one day old, the Sochi Olympics have already proved the most controversial games in decades. But while gay rights, Islamic terrorist threats and bleep Riot have stolen the headlines, the Circassian ethnic group has a far older grievance with Sochi, a city it says is steeped in 150 years of bloodshed.

Who are the Circassians?


The Circassians are an ethnic group from the North Caucasus, an area in southeast Russia between the Black and Caspian seas. (The photo above shows men dressed in typical Circassian style near Sochi in October.) Activists say the Sochi Olympics is an "outrage" because the event falls on the 150th anniversary of an alleged genocide by Russian troops in 1864, a massacre that Russia denies. The Circassians' anti-Sochi protests around the world have been peaceful, but their cause has now been taken up by computer hackers and militants in the North Caucasus.

How will this affect the Sochi games?
The host city has particular significance to Circassians because one of their tribes, the Ubykh, were the region’s original inhabitants. According to the Circassians, Tsarist troops massacred or deported their people to Turkey, where many later perished. Krasnya Polyana, the town where many of Sochi's mountain events will be held, translates to "red glade" and gets its name from the blood spilled by Russian invaders, according to Glen Howard, an expert on the region and president of the Jamestown Foundation, based in Washington, D.C.

"This was the site of the last big battle of the war, and for the Circassians it is holy ground - it's like our Gettysburg," Howard said. "Imagine if someone came and built an Olympic theme park at Gettysburg."

President Vladmir Putin has further angered the Circassians because he has not acknowledged their historical presence or any of their grievances. In a bid to highlight the issue, activists in what is now a Circassian global diaspora set up the No Sochi organization.

The group led protests in London, Vanouver and at the United Nations in New York and penned an open letter to the Olympic International Organizing Committee highlighting what it called "a period of unprecedented and inhumane ethnic cleansing." And a delegation of Circassians from Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Israel, Canada, Germany and the United States traveled to the North Caucasus last year to visit historic sites of their ancestors' homeland.

But now that the games are on, their message has been adopted by more sinister elements.


Members of a Circassian ethnic group shout slogans during a protest against the Olympic Winter Games 2014 in front of the Russian Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey,on Sunday.

A hacking group called Anonymous Caucasus announced on Twitter that it was urging its members to take action against Sochi-related sites in revenge for the alleged Circassian killings 150 years earlier.

But Howard said the hackers were clearly not actually associated with Circassian groups, who have been for the large part peaceful, and he called the hack attacks mere opportunism. His point was perhaps illustrated by the hackers' targeting of the Jamestown Foundation and the No Sochi website.

Vistors to the games were warned by the Department of Homeland Security that these hackers could target their cellphones and use them to spread viruses.

What about other threats from other groups?

While not directly linked to the Circassians, another group that has adopted their message is the Caucasus Emirate.

Known in Russia as the Imirat Kavkaz, or IK, this loose network is led by Dokka Umarov, a Chechen national sometimes referred to as "Russia's Bin Laden." It was established in 2007 with the aim of establishing strict Islamic law, called Sharia, in the North Caucasus.

Evoking the Circassians' plight, Umarov said in a video last year: "We know that on the bones of our ancestors, on the bones of many, many Muslims who died and are buried on our territory along the Black Sea, today they plan to stage the Olympic Games."

The Caucasus Emirate has already made an impact on the games after one of its member groups, Vilayat Dagestan, claimed responsibility for two deadly bombings in the Russian city of Volgograd in December that killed 34 people. They also said they had a "surprise" in store for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Olympic tourists.

But Matthew Light, an assistant professor of European, Russian and Eurasian studies at the University of Toronto, said these groups should be seen in the same opportunistic light as the hackers.

"Umarov claims to represent the Islamic terrorists in the North Caucasus and it's very convenient for him to use the games to demonstrate that he can wreak havoc," Light said. "But the fact that he claims to identify with the Circassians grievances does not mean he is associated with them."
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« Reply #52 on: February 08, 2014, 03:14:57 pm »
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American Sage Kotsenburg wins first gold medal at Sochi Olympics in slopestyle
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« Reply #53 on: February 08, 2014, 09:46:34 pm »
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Man Responsible For Olympic Ring Mishap Found Dead In Sochi

The man responsible for operating the Olympic Rings during last night’s Winter Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Russia was found dead today.

According to local reports the body of T. Borris Avdeyev was found his hotel room early this morning with multiple stab wounds.

Avdeyev was a technical specialist responsible for the Olympic Ring spectacle, which embarrassingly malfunctioned last night. Five animatronic snowflakes were supposed to transform into Olympic Rings. The first four functioned properly but the fifth snowflake failed to change shape.



Although his body was badly mangled and the wounds were consistent with a struggle, so far officials say they don't suspect foul play.

“Sure there were stab wounds and bruises all over the body,” admits the lead investigator on the case, “But who knows what caused them. Maybe he tripped and fell on a set of knives. Right now we’re ruling this an accidental death.

http://dailycurrant.com/2014/02/08/man-responsible-for-olympic-ring-mishap-found-dead-in-sochi/

“But who knows what caused them. Maybe he tripped and fell on a set of knives.

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« Reply #54 on: February 08, 2014, 09:51:08 pm »
It is Russia.. don't embarrass Putin.
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« Reply #55 on: February 09, 2014, 03:50:34 am »
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2014/02/08/French-Newspaper-Accuses-U-S-Russia-of-Colluding-to-Fix-Ice-Dancing-Events

French Newspaper Accuses U.S., Russia of Colluding to Fix Ice Dancing Events

by Breitbart Sports 8 Feb 2014, 4:01 PM PDT

A French newspaper has accused officials from the United States and Russia of colluding to fix the ice dancing competition at the Sochi Games to squeeze out the Canadians. The deal allegedly would involve a U.S. ice dancing pair winning the gold and the Russians sweeping both paris and team events.

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The French newspaper L’Equipe, quoting an anonymous Russian coach, said the United States and Russia have struck a deal that would help Davis and White win the ice dance gold and Russia win both pairs and the team event.

U.S. and Russian skaters have "been in close competition with Canadian rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir for five seasons. Virtue and Moir are reigning Olympic champions, Davis and White reigning world champions."

U.S. Figure Skating "categorically" denied the rumors and the International Skating Union said they would not comment on allegations without evidence.

"Comments made in a L’Equipe story are categorically false," U.S. Figure Skating said in a statement.  "There is no 'help’ between countries. We have no further response to rumors, anonymous sources or conjecture."

On Saturday, "Davis and White scored 75.98 to 72.98 for Virtue and Moir. The Canadians were penalized because Virtue made a significant mistake on one element, a form of pirouette known as a twizzle."

Marina Zoueva, who coaches both teams, said she had not read anything about the reports and that the scores for the programs were “reasonable.  Tessa made a technical mistake, and Meryl and Charlie skated clean.  I can see (how) they can get a little bit better.”

During the 2002 Winter Olympic Games at Salt Lake City, the International Olympic Committee had to embarrassingly "award a second pairs gold to Canadian pair Jamie Sale and David Pelletier" after they finished "second in the judging to Russian team Elena Bereznaia and Anton Sikharulidze."

Little did they know that there had been a deal, "involving and exposed by French judge Marie-Reine LeGougne," to "ensure that the Russians and a French couple, Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizeray, won the dance."

The International Skating Union "revamped the entire scoring and judging system in an attempt to negate any impact of attempts at score trading."
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« Reply #56 on: February 09, 2014, 04:24:15 am »
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2014/02/08/Ski-star-Miller-blasts-Olympic-danger-course-as-US-win-first-gold

American Ski Star Bode Miller Blasts 'Treacherous' Course: It 'Can Kill You'


by Breitbart Sports 8 Feb 2014, 7:48 AM PDT

AFP -- Outspoken ski star Bode Miller blasted the Olympic downhill course as "treacherous" Saturday after seeing a teammate narrowly avoid serious injury as US snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg claimed the first gold of the Games.

Kotsenburg won the men's slopestyle snowboarding competition and shortly afterwards Marit Bjoergen became Norway's most successful female Olympian by taking the cross-country skiathlon.

Ski veteran Miller, who won gold, silver and bronze at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, was fastest in training for Sunday's medal race up in Rosa Khutor.

But he left no-one in any doubt as to his thoughts on the course, delivered in his usual forthright manner.

"This course is very treacherous. It has teeth everywhere," the 36-year-old said after his teammate Marco Sullivan almost crashed out in spectacular fashion.

"It looks like an innocuous place, there's nothing there but he almost killed himself. If that crash doesn't go just the way it went, he goes flying through the nets going 75 (mph) into the trees," Miller said.

"If you're not totally focused and paying attention, this course can kill you."

Kotsenburg, who only just squeezed into Saturday's final, claimed the inaugural slopestyle title on a course that has also witnessed a series of spectacular falls and bone-crunching injuries.

His first run scored 93.50 and although some of his rivals put in high scores on their second runs, the 20-year-old from Utah held on for victory.

"I'm really excited. It feels awesome. I dont know what to call it," said Kotsenburg.

Norway's Staale Sandbech (91.75) claimed silver while Mark McMorris of Canada took bronze with 88.75.

Norway's cross-country skiing superstar Bjoergen claimed her fourth career gold to become her country's most successful female Olympian, surpassing legendary figure skater Sonja Henie.

Under stunning blue skies at the Laura cross-country ski centre, Bjoergen won the combined 7.5km classic style/7.5km freestyle event.

Sweden's Charlotte Kalla was second with Heidi Weng of Norway taking the bronze.

Bjoergen, 33, won three golds in Vancouver four years ago.

"One gold was my goal, so now I can relax a little bit. I can enjoy the rest of the Games," she said.

Later Saturday, Norway may be celebrating again when biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen looks to win a 12th medal and equal the record of Bjorn Daehlie, the all-time most decorated winter Olympian.

The man known as "The Cannibal" is 40 but his enthusiasm for the sport, which incorporates cross-country skiing and shooting, burns as brightly as ever in what will be his sixth Olympics.

Among his huge collection of Olympic medals he has six gold, as well as 19 world championship titles.

History will definitely be made when the first training runs in women's ski jumping take place.

Japan's 17-year-old Sara Takanashi, the runaway World Cup leader, is the overwhelming favourite to take gold in the inaugural event.

The day's last two medals will be in men's 5,000m speedskating, where defending champion Sven Kramer of the Netherlands aims to become the second male skater to win the event in successive Games after Tomas Gustafson of Sweden in 1984 and 1988.

In freestyle skiing, American defending champion Hannah Kearney is favourite to retain her women's moguls crown.

Number-one ranked Kearney is the 2005 and 2013 world champion.
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« Reply #57 on: February 09, 2014, 04:31:10 am »
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2014/02/07/Woman-Who-Lit-Olympic-Flame-Under-Fire-for-Tweeting-Racist-Photo-of-Obamas

Woman Who Lit Olympic Flame Under Fire for Tweeting Racist Photo of Obamas


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The woman who was chosen over Vladimir Putin's alleged girlfriend to light the Olympic flame on Friday during the opening ceremony tweeted a photo of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama last year containing  a banana that was photoshopped.


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The Russian skater who just lit the Olympic flame tweeted this doctored, racist photo of the Obamas last September.
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Irina Rodnina, who won gold medals in figure skating for Russia, deleted the photo but refused to apologize.

”Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, and you should answer for your own hang-ups,” she wrote then.



Rodnina is also a politician who is member of Putin's political party. Putin named her to Russia's public chamber in 2005.
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« Reply #58 on: February 09, 2014, 06:26:57 pm »
If having her light the torch was Vlad poking Barry in the eye, then I kind of liked it.

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« Reply #59 on: February 09, 2014, 09:16:02 pm »
If having her light the torch was Vlad poking Barry in the eye, then I kind of liked it.

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« Reply #60 on: February 10, 2014, 01:01:11 am »
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/johnny-quinn-usa-olympic-bobsledder-gets-stuck-in-sochi-hotel-bathroom-201482

Bobsledder, Gets Stuck in Sochi Hotel Bathroom
Celebrity News February 8, 2014 AT 5:05PM By Stephanie Webber and Jennifer Peros

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Johnny Quinn   USA Olympic bobsledder Johnny Quinn got stuck inside his Sochi hotel bathroom on Friday, Feb. 7 -- see the hilarious photos Credit: Courtesy of Johnny Quinn

No shower curtains, water, or doorknobs is just some of the issues that journalists have had to deal with since arriving in Russia for the 2014 Sochi Olympics. But on Friday night, it was a USA bobsledder who (hilariously!) got stuck in his hotel bathroom.

PHOTOS: Olympics Ceremony 2014 -- fireworks, fanfare, malfunctions!

"I was taking a shower and the door got locked/jammed," Johnny Quinn tweeted on Feb. 7. "With no phone to call for help, I used my bobsled push training to break out. #SochiJailBreak."



Trying to laugh it off, Quinn also posted a picture of the aftermath for his followers' amusement. In the funny pic, the middle of the door is completely demolished, with several pieces sprawled out on the wood floor.

At the time, Quinn was alone in his Olympic village room and was taking a shower. He's since posted another photo of the smashed door with a Photoshopped image of himself in the hole looking tough while wearing workout gear.


Despite the bad rap some Sochi hotels have already received, Us Weekly reporter Jen Peros says that, for the most part, the city's conditions have been blown out of proportion. "Sochi is beautiful and everything is brand-new," she said of her first-hand experience. "The hotels are by no means luxurious, but they're fine."


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« Reply #61 on: February 10, 2014, 04:40:24 am »
The Russian ice dancing pair was amazing.  They said they traveled to the USA to do some work with Cirque de Solis - I believe it after watching their performance of Swan Lake.  But the USA took first in Ice Dance - the Russians won the team event - we came in third behind Canada.  The little 15-year-old Russian figure skater is really something to watch.
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« Reply #62 on: February 10, 2014, 05:30:39 am »
Forgive me if this has already been pointed out, but it seems this Olympics has far less channel coverage than previous. NBC has 3 channels covering and most aren't covering at one time. I am watching most on chomecast from online sources.

I remember the last few there were at least a half dozen channels to choose from.

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« Reply #63 on: February 10, 2014, 05:49:46 am »
Forgive me if this has already been pointed out, but it seems this Olympics has far less channel coverage than previous. NBC has 3 channels covering and most aren't covering at one time. I am watching most on chomecast from online sources.

I remember the last few there were at least a half dozen channels to choose from.

I've been watching on NBC....... (ugh)
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« Reply #64 on: February 10, 2014, 01:04:08 pm »
Forgive me if this has already been pointed out, but it seems this Olympics has far less channel coverage than previous. NBC has 3 channels covering and most aren't covering at one time. I am watching most on chomecast from online sources.

I remember the last few there were at least a half dozen channels to choose from.
Part of it is the time zone: Sochi is about 8 hours or so ahead of the USA, so when it's prime time here, everyone is asleep over there. That means anything that airs in prime time-- or even in the afternoon-- has to be done on tape delay.

The other part is that this is the Winter Olympics, and there aren't as many events as in the summer.
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« Reply #65 on: February 10, 2014, 01:34:50 pm »
The Russian ice dancing pair was amazing.  They said they traveled to the USA to do some work with Cirque de Solis - I believe it after watching their performance of Swan Lake.  But the USA took first in Ice Dance - the Russians won the team event - we came in third behind Canada.  The little 15-year-old Russian figure skater is really something to watch.

I’m kinda pulling for the Canadian Ice dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue.   And Tessa being a Hedy Lamarr  look-a-like, drop-dead gorgeous, so hot she melts the ice below her feet, the  most beautiful girl to ever put on a pair of skates has nothing to do with it.    No really.
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« Reply #66 on: February 10, 2014, 02:45:58 pm »
I’m kinda pulling for the Canadian Ice dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue.   And Tessa being a Hedy Lamarr  look-a-like, drop-dead gorgeous, so hot she melts the ice below her feet, the  most beautiful girl to ever put on a pair of skates has nothing to do with it.    No really.
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« Reply #67 on: February 10, 2014, 06:10:47 pm »
The little 15-year-old Russian figure skater is really something to watch.

She was perfection! Her performance was the best I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of good ones. She was amazing!

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« Reply #68 on: February 10, 2014, 08:56:43 pm »
So far the only negative to me has been the over the top NBC praising Russia and it's "collective" political system (they actually used the term collective)....  seems they love them some communists.
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« Reply #69 on: February 11, 2014, 04:20:21 am »
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Bob Costas appears to be having a problem with both of his eyes now

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Bob Costas is off to a tough start at the Sochi Olympics.

We're not talking about his duties as the primetime host of NBC's Olympics coverage.

We're talking about his health.

Last week he explained to viewers that his right eye was red and swollen due to a case of pink eye.

Well, it appears he's now having a problem with both eyes as this is how he looked Monday night:



Talk about terrible timing for such an ailment.

People on Twitter, as they're known to do, quickly chimed in on the situation:

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The parasite living in Bob Costas' left eye seems to have migrated to his right. How soon before it jumps to a new host? Matt Lauer is next.
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Bob Costas needs to sit the next couple of plays out.....
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Wonder if he got it from the water in the hotel - the pics of what comes out of the tap is gross...






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« Reply #70 on: February 11, 2014, 04:21:44 am »
http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/medal-detector/watch-this-terrifying-video-of-what-it-is-like-to-ski-downhill-course-at-sochi-olympics-021014

The downhill skiing course at the Sochi Olympics is frightening.

Even some of the Olympians feel that way. Heck, Bode Miller said the course could kill you.

That sounds pretty darn scary.

BBC reporter Graham Bell, a former Olympic skier, recently grabbed a handheld camera and some skis and took a run down the course to show us just how dangerous it can be.

Want to have an anxiety attack? Watch this video:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNXAIj0sP6I
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« Reply #71 on: February 11, 2014, 04:23:35 am »
If it's pinkeye, I wonder how many more will get it?

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« Reply #72 on: February 11, 2014, 04:25:32 am »
If it's pinkeye, I wonder how many more will get it?

Good question - looks terrible and aren't you supposed to stay out of bright light with pinkeye??
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« Reply #73 on: February 11, 2014, 04:50:45 am »
Good question - looks terrible and aren't you supposed to stay out of bright light with pinkeye??

Most wear sunglasses outside because the light is painful to pink eye.

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« Reply #74 on: February 11, 2014, 05:25:55 am »
Most wear sunglasses outside because the light is painful to pink eye.

That's what I thought.
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