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Originally Posted by FSETH
Is it just me, or has anyone else thought the Olympics have been somewhat of a nightmare so far? The death of a luger, malfunction of the Olympic cauldron, having to haul Gretzky in a truck to another cauldron (because the other was indoors), significant amount of protesting, bad snow conditions causing horible skiing/snowboarding conditions (the women are crashing left and right as we speak), warm temps, etc. I know every olympics has issues (1996 Olympic Park Bomber, etc.), but man...
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I agree with your list, except for the Gretzky part. They had the cauldron inside to light, just for the special effects on TV. The "real" cauldron was outside. The announcers said that part of the Olympic rules is the cauldron has to be visible to the public; inside the stadium it wasn't. So the hauling of The Great One via truck to the second cauldron lighting was planned all along. At least it worked properly.
