Sochi is preparing for the unexpected

Associated press

Organizers of the winter games 2014 in Sochi, Russia, spend the next four years, planning for the unexpected according to Sochi organizing Committee President Dmitry Chernyshenko, links. Sochi had a team of 150 observers on the ground in Vancouver and needs people ", that B can deliver the plan if unexpected things happened here certainly happen," said Mr Chernyshenko of the Vancouver games covered the organizers unruly participants a death for Luge track, warm weather and at times. "

-Phred Dvorak associated press

The United States and Canada boast reason, with the former medal win the overall and the latter deserve the most golds. Each country had the podium for the half of the games, to an extent. The United States dominated the first eight days, win an Olympic best 17.4% all medals, including 17 February, if Team USA six won, including Shani Davis, shown above. Canada took 14.3% all medals in the second half.

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The 2010 Games are set to the Olympic Games with the fewest doping infractions for Nagano 1998, fall as if no athletes tested positive. Only two a hockey player from Slovakia above tested positive, while Vancouver - both for cold medicine — including Lubomír Višnovský. This comes as organizers have tripled the number of tests since Nagano. So is better behavior or better drop in cases due to conceal? Out IOC speakers who liked Mark Adams think it's effective deterrent, but he has samples are kept and tested for eight years. "We knew that only recently with Beijing samples and caught five dope cheats," he said. "

-Phred Dvorak

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