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"Cool Walkings": Jamaica is in the house at Sochi
@samcmlaird:
JAMAICA in the house. #OpeningCeremony
And a few extras:
Ring malfunction:
Skating mascots:
USA! USA!
@nycjim
Gold Medal Snark:
@KevinRothrock:
Troika horses being chased by the Eye of Sauron at #Sochi ceremony. A clear distraction, as Frodo ascends Mt Doom.
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are notoriously "white". Many reasons for that, a few being geographic locations of snow, costs of participation the sports involved, lack of role models to introduce the sport to under represented groups. But that is changing --
Shani Davis
Eddy Alvarez
Jonathan Garcia
Didn't want to forget the ladies -
Lolo Jones
Lauryn Williams
Aja Evans
I actually heard a news report stating that the malfunction took place just as Putin was about to be introduced!
