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Olympic games since 1980. it's 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 didn't 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 hadn't had one in a long, long time. they hadn't had an olym...

2010. in tend, though, pyeongchang didn't 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 hadn't had one in a long, long time. they hadn't 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 guatemala city to make the pitch for russia getting the olympics in person and when he got there he...

Russia getting the olympics in person and when he got there he made that pitch in person in three languages. i'm not sure people were widely aware he speaks languages other than russian. he doesn't like to show that off. he's 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 putin's charm. "he worked very hard at it. he was nice. h...

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 was really global focus on the international olympic committee when they convened that july in guate...

Would have been russia's first olympic games since 1980. it's 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 didn't 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 hadn't had one in a long, lon...