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Added new section about EP20 train

Today I added a new Level 4 heading about the EP20 train. (Construction > Transportation > EP20). I added the content to provide specific details about transportation preparation for the games. The reason is that all Olympics are a highly publicized event; the world watches countries as they prepare for Olympics. Mamedilaol (talk) 15:59, 28 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Financials

The "Financials" section seems to be outdated. According to the press, the current budget is 1.5trln RUR ($50bln).

http://slon.ru/fast/economics/tsifra-dnya-1-05-mlrd-rubley-v-den-na-olimpiadu-884685.xhtml

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/feb/06/controversy-russia-sochi-winter-olympics — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gritzko (talk • contribs) 12:30, 10 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mascots

How can the three mascots be indigenous to the region? The nearest polar bears are along the Arctic coast, which must several thousand kilometres from Sochi. Is the bear really some other type of white bear?173.206.26.138 (talk) 02:51, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indigenous to Russia. The Canadian mascots for 2010 were similar. They also used an Inukshuk as a logo when those are from Northern Canada and not the Pacific region.Boone jenner (talk) 20:02, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Medals

The medals have been unveiled. I'm guessing we can add a picture soon. [1] Boone jenner (talk) 20:07, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Map showing all locations

I've asked a question at Talk:Venues of the 2014 Winter Olympics#Map_showing_the_locations, could someone create an improved map of all the Olympic venues in one map? Or maybe a detailed map of the Mountain Cluster? Please response there. - FakirNL (talk) 20:39, 31 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Should we add link to Sochi page on Wikivoyage on the page?

I think it would be really helpful if we added link to Sochi guide on Wikivoyage on this page as well as well as it is on Sochi page itself. Maybe with more info needs to be put to the article. Egerman (talk) 12:00, 6 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]