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The White/Brown Ajah Winter Olympic Carnival: How much do you know about Sochi, Russia?


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yes, in Moscow. I read an article today which accused Russia for choosing Sochi with its high temperatures, so tonnes of artifical snow had to be brought in. Do you know why they chose Sochi, Kuka?

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I'm not sure that artificial snow will be needed. All the outdoor competitions will be held in Krasnaya Polyana that is high in the mountains. Even though in Sochi itself it's warm there are usually snow. There is rather popular skiing resort.

 

Looks like there is snow usually :)

 

 

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Well, who knows. The weather is very uncertain everywhere. There were biathlon and skiing competitions in Oberhof in Germany without snow and under the rain. There are mountains too.

 

 

Maybe they'll need artificial snow too. As far as I know they have bought lots of devices that produce snow(don't know how they are called) so there will be some snow for sure :biggrin:

 

I don't think it's very bad for athletes though unfortunately we pay for it  :dry:

 

 

As for the choice I think Olympic Cometee have chosen it because it's exotic. They make a show and any additional exotic details attract more attention.

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No, don't get me wrong - this is in the news. And the only problem with artificial snow is that it costs money. I think it's a great place since you can show like Kuka said - a different and more exotic side of Russia. You know the Media - they always complain.

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Im very excited to watch this Olympics in Sochi. I think it was a great choice and I'm loving learning about the area. It makes it feel more like I know the place and not so foreign.

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There was also a question about mascot of Games in Sochi. The commission couldn't probably make a choice so there are three of them: Polar bear, Hare and Leopard.

 

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Though my favorite have always been Zoich :biggrin:

 

 

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He is a blue furry hipno frog-prince (in Russian version - princess) :biggrin:

 

 

When there was a contest for mascot he won an internet voting but the commission chose other mascots.

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Here is the Zoich presentation video where he hypnotize you to vote for him in the contest :)

 

 

 

At the end of the video Zoich speaks with the other candidate for being the symbol of Olympic Games in Sochi - the Saw. 

In Russia the action of getting the state budget money for some project and then dividing them between the participated people leaving some small part for the actual project is called "sawing". And it's really the symbol of Sochi.

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  On 1/27/2014 at 1:10 PM, Kukasö said:

Here is the Zoich presentation video where he hypnotize you to vote for him in the contest :)

 

 

 

 

At the end of the video Zoich speaks with the other candidate for being the symbol of Olympic Games in Sochi - the Saw. 

In Russia the action of getting the state budget money for some project and then dividing them between the participated people leaving some small part for the actual project is called "sawing". And it's really the symbol of Sochi.

can you translate some of it?

 

it was so funny without the words but I'm curious :)

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Long translation :biggrin:

 

 

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