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Originally Posted by craigwd
The bro and I thought it was hilarious how little Burke knows about other sports. He talked about being in London watching Usain Bolt break the world record (didn't happen).
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Well, Usain Bolt set the Olympic record in the 100, and Jamaica set the world record for relay, a team which he was the finisher on. So, he did set the world record, just as part of a team.
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Originally Posted by craigwd
How Sochi is building a 65k seat stadium for no reason beyond the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games (it's going to be part of the 2018 World Cup, and it's more like 45k).
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They were building it originally for the Olympics to be fair. FIFA chose it as a location, it wasn't built with the World Cup in mind. In fact, they're expecting about a year of construction after the Olympics just to make it capable of hosting the World Cup. It's current planned configuration is strictly for the Olympics.
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Originally Posted by craigwd
And that Sochi doesn't even have a soccer team (they are to be the home of the Russian national team).
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Russia as a country doesn't play games at the same rate as a local club would, the games will be more expensive and far more spread out than a club match would, so no, they still don't have a team.
He seems to know slightly more than you about other sports, so that's good enough for me
