Callum Smith (GBR) lays at the finish line after the men’s skiathlon during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center.
With almost a week of the Olympics routine under my belt here in Sochi, I’ve definitely started to fall into a routine. Between the shuttle bus ride to the media center, to getting gear from my locker in the press center, to eating lunch before I grab another shuttle to my venue, things tend to take on somewhat of a Groundhog Day feel with multiple day shoots like this. Throw a different venue and two completely new sports into the mix, however, and things can get shaken up pretty quickly.
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Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) celebrates winning gold in ladies’ moguls finals at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Despite today (or yesterday, in actuality) being the first “official” day of competition here at the Olympics, it was everyone’s sixth day on the ground and fifth day photographing things. I think it’s safe to say that we’re all starting to feel that Olympics burn. Four to five hours of sleep per night (if you’re lucky), coupled with time for only one substantial meal a day makes even simple tasks like walking up shuttle bus stairs a chore. Did you know that you can get blisters atop existing blisters from the previous day on your feet? Yep, it’s true.
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Fireworks explode in the sky during a celebration for the opening ceremonies of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at a live site in the mountain cluster.
With the opening ceremony to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics complete, we’re now set for two weeks of competition from the best athletes on the planet. To have a front row seat to Olympians accomplishing their lifelong dreams never, ever gets old.
While the opening ceremonies were held tonight on “The Coast” in Sochi proper, the “Mountain Cluster,” where I’m based, is host to many of the Olympics events, and had its own celebration on the street which was attended by a very diverse gathering of people.
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France’s Perrine Laffont during the ladies’ freestyle skiing moguls of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. The odd look of this panning shot was caused by a volunteer with a brightly colored jacket (at right) passing between the skier I was following through the air and my camera.
Most people would assume that the opening ceremonies for the Winter Olympics would mark the official start of competition. They’d be wrong. The opening ceremonies are tomorrow, and competition started today. Most people would also assume that checking three bags for a transatlantic flight would result in all three of said bags arriving at your destination. They’d also be wrong, as my colleague Kevin Jairaj found out the hard way.
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