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The Sochi Olympics, which officially began today, the 7th of February, has already been marred with the anxiety of the potential problems which are set to be a major hurdle in the success of the Winter Games.
The environmental impact of the games and Russia’s honesty about it is already a big concern. The current fiasco regarding gay rights is also set to have a major negative impact, while terrorists have also threatened to disrupt the games. Major question marks also surround the infrastructure at Sochi and its capability to host the huge influx of fans, athletes and media which the city is set to be swarmed with.
All these questions will be answered in due time, but as reporters start to arrive in the city providing an array of photos and tweets over the past few days, the future doesn’t look promising for Sochi, and things are bound to get worse with the influx of thousands more.
We take you through some of the tweets by journalists who have already arrived:
On the contrary, one gentleman was treated gently by Sochi; here’s what he had to say:
