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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221
That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :- "The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant Stalinist architecture". Have I missed something here? Has the IOC missed something here? Gerry |
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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
"Gerald Oliver Swift" kirjoitti et... http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221 That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :- "The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant Stalinist architecture". Have I missed something here? Probably. |
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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
On Jul 5, 2:36 pm, Gerald Oliver Swift wrote:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221 That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :- "The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant Stalinist architecture". Have I missed something here? Has the IOC missed something here? In the resort itself, on the Black Sea, it is +7 C in January, but up in the mountains nearby it is much colder - the article says the mountain venues are 49 km away from the resort. |
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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
On Jul 5, 11:36 am, Gerald Oliver Swift wrote:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221 That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :- "The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant Stalinist architecture". Have I missed something here? Has the IOC missed something here? Gerry They ski up in the mountains. Just like Vancouver, they don't ski in Vancouver, but up in Whistler. |
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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:36:52 +0100, Gerald Oliver Swift
wrote: http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221 That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :- "The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant Stalinist architecture". Have I missed something here? Has the IOC missed something here? Nothing they have missed, comrade! Merely they have acknowledged superior choice of resort city of glorious Russian empire! All visitors will for themselves see superior lifestyle of worker's paradise! Only the finest vodka and hotel room of supreme efficiency! There will be opportunity for western capitalists to re-educate through direct indoctrination by local apparachik! All visitors will enjoy finest security under supervision of glorious Red^h^h^ *Russian* army! Snow and ice will be obtained through coordination of nationalized industry! Impartiality of Olympic judges is assured through superior Russian system of justice! It is to be finest Olympics of all time! Remember: in Russia, you do not play in Olympics; Olympics play YOU! - TR - couldn't help it. |
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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
VainGlorious wrote:
On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 19:36:52 +0100, Gerald Oliver Swift wrote: http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221 That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :- "The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant Stalinist architecture". Have I missed something here? Has the IOC missed something here? Nothing they have missed, comrade! Merely they have acknowledged superior choice of resort city of glorious Russian empire! All visitors will for themselves see superior lifestyle of worker's paradise! Only the finest vodka and hotel room of supreme efficiency! Apparently, the IOC were also very impressed with Putin's (rather good) English! -- (*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website "Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient." Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007 |
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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/olymp...uk.asp?id=2221
That's right, Sochi - on the Black Sea, where :- "The resort has a warm climate, averaging +7 °C (44.6 °F) in January and February, and boasts many sanatoria and mineral baths. There are also tea plantations, the most northerly in Europe. Sochi attracts vacation-goers with its subtropical vegetation, numerous parks, monuments, and extravagant Stalinist architecture". Have I missed something here? It's nearer to permanent snow (in the Caucasus) than almost any other city of comparable size in the world. Has the IOC missed something here? Maybe that its transport links are crap and it's next door to Europe's longest-running war of independence (in Abkhazia). But I suppose just about nobody but TV crews watches the Winter Olympics anyway. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Sochi elected the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014
On Jul 6, 9:16 am, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote: Has the IOC missed something here? Maybe that its transport links are crap and it's next door to Europe's longest-running war of independence (in Abkhazia). But I suppose just about nobody but TV crews watches the Winter Olympics anyway. The Summer Olympics' ratings have also declined a lot over the last few years. With so much sport on TV and satellite 24-7, the Olympics are not a big deal anymore, and a lot fewer people are interested in traveling to see them or watching them on TV. Hence the push to introduce sports like snowboarding that people actually care about. And there's been a lot of pressure to increase the number of major world sporting events held outside of North America and Western Europe. After South Africa lost the 2006 World Cup bid to Germany, the soccer association committed to a rotation between continents, and South Africa will host the 2010 World Cup. Formula-1 now has races in China, Turkey, Bahrain and Malaysia. |
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