Sochi Rumour?
 

I heard this rumour by 2 sources now that Sochi, Russia is trying to back out of hosting the olympics. They are 'very' behind in building the required infrastructure for 2014. IF they do not meet certain milestones by a given date, the 2014 Winter Olympics MAY have to come back to the previous host country because the infrastructure is already ready.

There are a few other reasons such as the ongoing fight between muslim seperatists and Russia and apparently some athletes dont have a desire to go there.

ANyone hear about this?

SWEEEEEEET

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It shall be done

Sounds like wishful thinking to me, probably started by the cooks who wanted to create a national holiday to commemorate the fun week they had.

anddd what r ur 2 sources???

Check the history books. Russia mobilizes faster than Canada any day.

+1. Sources please

i heard about this too a while ago but i don't believe it's true

There was also a neighbouring country that said it was improper to host the Games there because a large number of their people were murdered by the Russians/Soviets on the land where Sochi is now.
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given how the russian president is really pushing for success at Sochi, they won't let a bit of delayed infrastructure and civil unrest take the games away from them. there's just no way. infrastructure can be solved by using more workers, and unrest can be solved by bringing the pain into someone's backyard.

they always say this before a games how they'll never finish the venues and they always finish them in the end. For example, Athens.

we need to know these sources, otherwise this is not credible.

i hope it comes back......chances are it wont :(

wouldn't it make sense to throw it to the 2nd highest bid city if they were to pull out this year? whoever that is...korea?

It would be too late for that

well if sochi can't build venues with the lead time the Olympics gave them you think the 2nd city can do a marginal job with less time? i think not.

The day this happens will be the happiest of my life.

zero sources

Lets clear the air here.
Yes I did hear this same thing on Team1040, The Sport Market, whom stated the rule that if the host city is not ready, the games will revert back to the previous location. Its an IOC policy and no where did any of these rumors of not being ready is true.

At the moment, the Russians are hiring people to coordinate events and how to move people in and out of the place. They want to hire Russians and not use Olympic Planning Experts to show the world that Russia can "Get 'er Done" without help.

i read globe and mail that some workers haven't been paid full since sept. the workers were gona go on strike but backed down when the construction authorities were threating to starve them.

Order No. 227 - Not one step back.

who cant build venues in 4 years?

what happens when this actually happens but vanoc disagrees? we'll still be in neck-deep debts in 4 years to run another game even if we have all the venues.

do you know how much shit you can build in 4 years?

4 years is PLENTY of time to build stuff.
Unless it's Vancouver. The Canada Line took 4 years. lol

If the Olympics did come back to Vancouver in 2014, it would be pretty fucking awesome. Doubtful, but awesome. Especially if Canada wins Gold in Hockey twice in Vancouver.

It's a Rumour. I'll bet both of my testicles that Sochi will be the Host of the 2014 games.

For the people who say "what if the games do come back, who's going to pay for it?". The Russian government/Olympic Commitee will pay for the games. They will pay however much it cost to run the games during that time period.