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perhonen February 25 2014, 18:25:40 UTC
there sure were some problematic aspects with sotchi, and compared with olympic games i've watched before, i've been a bit underwhelmed ...
... but the general feeling of watching such a big event is so special. :)

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birdienl February 26 2014, 09:54:47 UTC
Hehe, no underwhelmed feelings here, that will probably happen the next Winter Olympics. As the chef de mission of the Dutch team said: 'We better enjoy it now, because we're probably never going to be this good again'

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perhonen February 26 2014, 11:32:22 UTC
oh, i'm not THAT underwhelmed by the sport itself, more the whole surroundings. like all the political stuff in russia. - also the crowd was not as awesome as in all the olympics that i've watched before. they very often cheered for russians only, or cheered when others made mistakes so a russian athlete would be in favour (see figure skating). that's nothing i want to see, as it's unfair, and i don't get why people behave like that.
but i don't want to be a downer here ... i'm always happy to watch these big events, and try to shut out the negative sides as good as possible. :)

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birdienl February 26 2014, 11:49:51 UTC
I guess you're right about that. I sure did contrast with for example the London 2012 Olympics, which had a very sportive atmosphere overall.

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richyl88 February 26 2014, 19:58:49 UTC
It was great! Canada came away with gold in both Women's and Men's hockey and for this country that is the most important thing. People dettrime if it's a successful on how well we did in hockey.

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birdienl February 27 2014, 11:25:02 UTC
Haha, even here in The Netherlands we read quite a lot about how important hockey is for your country. Congratulations on both the wins!

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msantimacassar February 27 2014, 01:18:56 UTC
I'm so sad the games are over but they were really wonderful! I had so much fun watching them! And they were so emotional this year! :')

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birdienl February 27 2014, 11:25:45 UTC
'Post-Olympic depression' some other LJ friend called it ;-)

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lefin1 February 28 2014, 16:41:58 UTC
Happy Birthday!

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