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Samstag, 10. Mai 2014

The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics GIF Wrap-up

What a better way to end the 2014 Olympics than with a nod to its notorious beginnings? During the Closing Ceremonies Sunday, Sochi gave a little tongue-in-cheek nod to the Olympic Ring that failed to expand during the Opening Ceremonies … by reenacting it.
In addition to essentially being a "whatta ya gonna do?" shrug to the variety of problems that plagued the Sochi Games, the faulty ring acts as the perfect metaphor for the appeal of the Winter Olympics in general. That appeal, of course, is the fact we get to bare witness to world-class athletes slipping up and falling down, over and over and over again.That's not to say that athletes at the Summer Games don't fall down, but oh, not like this. The Winter Games combines the technical difficulties of the Summer Olympics with a thin sheet of frozen water on every surface. Frozen water if we're luckily, as the weather in Sochi demonstrated. The unpredictability caused by the inherently slippery conditions of the playing field makes for an Olympic Games with more moments of pathos, riskier sports and a helpful reminder that, oh right, few normal human beings could launch themselves off a ski jump and live. That is what makes the Winter Olympics worth watching. With that in mind, here are our favorite Olympic moments from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.The PathosIt's always sad to lose, but it seems infinitely more horrible to lose because of a slip or fall rather than a competitor's superior skill. It certainly looked that way to us anyway. Four of the top eight skaters in women's figure skating fell during the women's free skate. Even more tragically, Japan's Mao Asada skated beautifully ... but having fallen during her short program, did not have enough points to medal.

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