Thursday, January 27, 2011

Officially done being officially unofficial

Today was the last day of official unofficial training. Tomorrow is an official training day, and it is the last training day before we start competing. Opening ceremonies were tonight after a day of light training and lounging.
Opening ceremonies went well. Very short and sweet, followed by some pretty epic fireworks. It's not too cold, so we couldn't be too upset about having to stand outside. The international cheer is definitely going around, with the Netherlands team starting a snow ball fight between all the countries while we waited to start the parade of nations. Gotta say, the dutch athletes have quite the arm. Poor Sweden was running late, and got pummeled as they tried to cross the parking lot to find their place in the parade. It was an all around good time.
Ok, I don't want to write too much, I'd like to leave you with a bunch of pictures that I took today, as well as some ski factory pictures.












It's Germany, they don't label their coats. You're just supposed to know who they are.

I bet you really want to know what name is under the pack. It's Mongolia. That's right, there's a Mongolian biathlon team.



Country lists, so you know who's here.


Yeah, the sponsor is a brewer.What are you going to do about it?

Pretty...

Very pretty...

I want them all...and I don't even downhill ski...

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