I had heard maybe a month or two ago that Sochi was behind in schedule in the development of a lot of the hotels for the Olympics, but I didn't really think that the news was that serious. I mean, they're clearly going to have to finish the buildings by the time the Games start, right? Well, to my surprise this weekend I found out that I was very wrong. I came across an article showing the horrors of the Sochi hotels via pictures posted on Twitter.I couldn't believe what I was looking at. It was as if the people in Sochi found out they were hosting the Olympics two weeks ago. There were completely trashed rooms, unfinished rooms, piping hanging form the ceiling in hallways, missing walls, and many other atrocities. Also, I couldn't believe how Russia could allow this happen. The geographically largest country in the world and one of the proudest countries allowed themselves to screw up the most important event on the largest stage there is. I would've thought that they would've taken the opportunity of hosting the Olympics as a way to flaunt how great Russia is, but they unfortunately fell way short of that. This is not the only way Russia has embarrassed itself so far either.
What do you think of how unprepared Sochi was for the Olympics? Did you ever expect something like this to come from a global power such as Russia?
This short-coming is astounding. Cities all over world beg the Olympic Committee to let their city host the games, so one would assume the winning city would attempt to prove it deserved to win. This is an embarrassment to not only Russia, but to all the great cities that could've hosted the games. It is hard to believe that the best athletes in the world are living in poverty-like housing. Good post about a truly terrible situation. GO USA
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