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Russian Olympic Commentators Very Rude

Cyndog — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:42:03 GMT

I just read the Russian Olympic commentators are saying pretty bad things about other country's athletes such as "show us your crooked legs", "hope she messes up", "we won't bother to listen to the American anthem if they win" and if I remember right they called one athlete full on "ugly. They also said it's "unfortunate" when an American (or others) win. Pretty bad.

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terrier3 — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:46:21 GMT

Where did you get THAT from?

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Lila Belle — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:47:01 GMT

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:48:33 GMT

I would be interested to read more of the article where this information came from.

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PurpleBunny — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:50:26 GMT

Eh, if it's true, we shall rise above it and I'm sure our athletes will do us proud. I was so delighted that our Luge team and coaches had "adopted" the sole Indian Luger - they have taken him under their wings so he isn't so alone. THAT'S America.

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------ — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:57:44 GMT

Where exactly did you read this?

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NoelSeven — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:58:51 GMT

I'm wondering, also.

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EmmaBunting — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 03:59:27 GMT

On 2/9/2014 PurpleBunny said: Eh, if it's true, we shall rise above it and I'm sure our athletes will do us proud. I was so delighted that our Luge team and coaches had "adopted" the sole Indian Luger - they have taken him under their wings so he isn't so alone. THAT'S America.

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betteb — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:00:45 GMT

I found this on cnbc

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101396199

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NoelSeven — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:03:00 GMT

On 2/9/2014 betteb said:
I found this on cnbc

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101396199

Hi betteb, thanks

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Cyndog — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:05:29 GMT

Yes, that's where I read it, CNBC. I was looking for the name of the American woman figure skating commentator and came upon that.

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betteb — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:08:05 GMT

On 2/9/2014 NoelSeven said:
On 2/9/2014 betteb said:
I found this on cnbc

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101396199

Hi betteb, thanks

Hi Noel Another PR score for the Russians....not

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Cyndog — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:09:23 GMT

Yes, thanks for posting the link.

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Linders Back — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:10:50 GMT

So this is a news story from London Summer Olympics in 2012?

Has there been evidence that the Russians are doing this again having been chastised for it 2 years ago?

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Marp2 — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:11:22 GMT

Isn't that article about the London Olympics? Are they projecting what will happen during the Sochi games or has it already occurred?

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Linders Back — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:15:00 GMT

Probably a bunch of posters here won't recognize this man. Showing my age.

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scotttie — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:18:37 GMT

I think I saw this somewhere tonight also but can't remember where. I'll see if I can find it again.

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Cyndog — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:19:39 GMT

If it is a 2012 article, sorry, I didn't notice, but it makes sense since it was referring to gymnasts. So it was my bad. I never had read anything about this happening before so it didn't occur to me it wasn't recent. I had finding the woman commentator in my mind. What can I say? Still, it's pretty rude and not that long ago. I'm editing this to add beammeupscottie graciously wrote to say the date on the article WAS 2/6/2014.

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PurpleBunny — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:20:56 GMT

Not a big deal cyndog - I've accidentally posted an old article before too.

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Marp2 — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 04:22:37 GMT

Cyndog,

You said everything that needs to be said in your post #17. We all make mistakes, especially when reading quickly while focused on something else.