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Originally Posted by HotHotHeat
Calling these games a failure is not premature, or over the top. Failure is just a word used to describe a lack of success. I guess it would be more fair to suggest that aspects of the games have failed, as it's not something that is widespread. Cypress, for example, has been a failure. The opening ceremonies had a fairly large mistake, and I would personally categorize the torch not lighting properly a failure.
The point is, these games have been problem riddled from day zero, and the problems have continued every day since. Weather may not be controllable, but it's certainly predictable. There's a reason the FIS stopped brining World Cup Downhill events to Whistler (I know, February is statistically a better month for clear skies).
Vancouver is just not an ideal location to host the games.
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Depends on your point of view I guess. If you were holding Cat B tickets for yesterday then I guess you're right. If you're a mogul competitor the conditions were ideal.