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Olympic games since 1980. its interesting, most people thought pyeongchang was going to get it. pyeongchang had only narrowly come in second place to vancouver for the 2010 olympics so people thought they had -- still had a good chance. they had a pretty good bid in 2010. in tend, though, pyeongchang didnt get it, russia got it, sochi was awarded the olympic games for 2014. and in order to win that bid, in order to get awarded the olympics that year, russia really had to pull out all the stops. ...

2010. in tend, though, pyeongchang didnt get it, russia got it, sochi was awarded the olympic games for 2014. and in order to win that bid, in order to get awarded the olympics that year, russia really had to pull out all the stops. they were not favored to get it. they hadnt had one in a long, long time. they hadnt had an olympics since 1980. i think they knew in 2007 that was their best chance to get one. they really put the pedal to the metal. for example, vladimir putin personally flew to gu...

Russia getting the olympics in person and when he got there he made that pitch in person in three languages. im not sure people were widely aware he speaks languages other than russian. he doesnt like to show that off. hes a nationalist after all, right? but that july in guatemala city vladimir putin was like the rosetta stone. jean claude kealy, the famous french ski champion, he was on the ioc and this is what he told the associated press that summer about what happened with that vote. he basi...

A olympics for a very, very long time. for a generation. fast forward to 2007. july, 2007, the international olympic committee met in this city, in lovely guatemala city in guatemala to make a decision about who would get the winter olympic games in 2014. as you can see, guatemala city is lovely, cosmopolitan place. the international olympic committee likes to do their selections of cities who get the olympics, they like to do it with as much drama and pomp and circumstance as possible so there ...

Would have been russias first olympic games since 1980. its interesting, most people thought pyeongchang was going to get it. pyeongchang had only narrowly come in second place to vancouver for the 2010 olympics so people thought they had -- still had a good chance. they had a pretty good bid in 2010. in tend, though, pyeongchang didnt get it, russia got it, sochi was awarded the olympic games for 2014. and in order to win that bid, in order to get awarded the olympics that year, russia really h...

Aware he speaks languages other than russian. he doesnt like to show that off. hes a nationalist after all, right? but that july in guatemala city vladimir putin was like the rosetta stone. jean claude kealy, the famous french ski champion, he was on the ioc and this is what he told the associated press that summer about what happened with that vote. he basically said the ioc was powerless before putins charm. "he worked very hard at it. he was nice. he spoke french. he never speaks french. he s...

In guatemala to make a decision about who would get the winter olympic games in 2014. as you can see, guatemala city is lovely, kcosmopolitan place. the international olympic committee likes to do their selections of cities who get the olympics, they like to do it with as much drama and pomp and circumstance as possible so there was really global focus on the international olympic committee when they convened that july in guatemala city to make their decision about where the winter olympics was ...

But that weird period in olympic history had one legacy for right now thats turning out to be sort of interesting. that -- the moscow olympics, that moscow olympic adventure with that weird international intrigue around it in 1980, that was the last time russia gotten a olympics for a very, very long time. for a generation. fast forward to 2007. july, 2007, the international olympic committee met in this city, in lovely guatemala city in guatemala to make a decision about who would get the winte...

The ioc and this is what he told the associated press that summer about what happened with that vote. he basically said the ioc was powerless before putins charm. "he worked very hard at it. he was nice. he spoke french. he never speaks french. he spoke english. he never speaks english. the putin charisma can explain at least four votes." and im sure the putin charisma is considerable, particularly in kgb-accented french. but putin didnt only rely on hipersonal charisma to get sochi the olympic ...