[url= http://www.****/news/article-2558444/Now-volunteers-stripping-Sochi-temperatures-hotter-Barcelona.html ]Hotter than Barcelona in Sochi[/url] apparently 😯
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Sochi is Vladamir Putin's favourite holiday destination.
This fact, and the Winter Games being hosted there despite Sochi being one of the warmer parts of Russia, are purely coincidental.
Now move along citizen.
and the one on the left wants to watch where she is looking!
Think I'll put that photo up in A3 on the wall.
Sochi is Vladamir Putin's favourite holiday destination.This fact, and the Winter Games being hosted there despite Sochi being one of the warmer parts of Russia, are purely coincidental.
Now move along citizen.
The purpose of holding the games is 50% prestige and 50% corruption opportunities. Putin doesn't need Olympics to get his holiday destinations spruced up: the local government does it anyway (see what happened with his resort in central Russia) and he wasn't inconvenienced in the slightest by how things were before!
Putin doesn't need Olympics to get his holiday destinations spruced up: the local government does it anyway
That wasn't the point I was making. It's more he had the games held somewhere he likes going, despite it's possible climate based inappropriateness.
At least it has mountains ...
GB Olympic MTB held in Essex anyone?
I [i]thought[/i]* the course was agreed to be pretty good considering (not seen it myself). They may be called MTBs but only a tiny minority actually end up on mountains and afaik very few UK xc race courses are on bona fide mountains.GB Olympic MTB held in Essex anyone?
Snowsports with dodgy snow is a bit shit tho.
*could be mistaken
The Essex Olympic MTB Course was excellent.
Not gonna click a DM link but Barcelona is a pretty shit comparison.
Catalunya in March
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GB Olympic MTB held in Essex anyone?
Ridden it? It's not flat!
A seaside resort does seem a little bit of an odd choice, level playing field though innit, everyone's got warm weather and crap snow!
[quote=njee20 ]level playing field though innit
Well no wonder those doing gravity powered sports are complaining!
Ba dum tish!