The Conditions In Sochi

[nbafan88]

So I am reading about how awful it is for the media & players in Sochi.... do you guys think this has an impact on how prepared and or motivated the athletes might be?

 

[nbafan88]

 

[mogo]

Put it in the bin provided...

 

[mogo]

There has been alot of coverage on this on tv... anybody got some good ones to post?

 

[nbafan88]

Yellow water... must be flavored

 

[nbafan88]

Stacy St. Clair @StacyStClair Follow My hotel has no water. If restored, the front desk says, "do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous." #Sochi2014

 

[nbafan88]

Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered

 

[nbafan88]

Fellow journo: Colleague lost hotel room key. Hotel did not have copy. So instead of giving a new key, they removed the whole door.


Shaun Walker @shaunwalker7 Follow Got back to hotel. Lift broken after half day in use. Trekked up stairs. Door to my floor (that'd be the fire door) locked. Utter farce.




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Beds for the world's best hockey players in Sochi. I will never complain about hotel accommodations again.
6:44 PM - 4 Feb 2014




oh and apparently there is a pillow shortage because they did not expect that many athletes in the olympic village or something like that

 

[nbafan88]

[h=1]Russia Blocked Shipment of Yogurt to Olympians[/h] American athletes waiting for their Chobani
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Russian officials were holding up a shipment of yogurt bound for American athletes in Sochi this week, prompting outrage from participants in the Winter Olympics and from officials.
“Unfortunately, this protein-packed, New York-made food has met a serious roadblock in the Russian government, thanks to an unreasonable customs certificate,” New York Sen. Charles Schumer said in a statement on Tuesday.
Chobani, the Greek yogurt maker based in New York, is a U.S. Olympic Team sponsor and was sending 5,000 containers to American athletes for the Games, which kicked off Thursday ahead of opening ceremonies on Friday. But the shipment was held up in cold storage at Newark Liberty International Airport and Russian officials said Chobani hadn’t submitted the appropriate paperwork, the New York Times reports. Schumer sent a letter to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak calling for the government to clear the shipment, saying the yogurt-maker meets U.S. sanitary standards, and the Times reports that the Obama administration has also intervened.

Read more: Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Russia Holds Up Chobani Yogurt Shipment | TIME.com http://world.time.com/2014/02/06/sochi-winter-olympics-2014-chobani-yogurt/#ixzz2saHRy58T

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[mook]

Heard a radio interview that said the issues were in the mountains not Sochi.....also heard Crosby or some hockey player said they had the same dorm situation in Vancouver so I don't think that's a huge deal.....

http://nesn.com/2014/02/sidney-cros...ouver-where-patrice-bergeron-slept-in-closet/

i may may be alone but I think the hotels and what not are way over blown.....so I don't think think the accommodations are an issue....

 

[nbafan88]

yeah i think the conditions will be just fine, might just be a little late in getting everything ready by today

 

[J Galt]

Hey who said it was a bad idea to have the Olympics here, eh??? Sounds "rustic"!!!!