Sochi 2014

The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, have not begun flawlessly.  Journalists and reporters arrived to Sochi only to discover conditions were far from optimal.  Hotel rooms were incomplete, water was unsafe, and some roads were unfinished.  Naturally, reporters did what they do best, and shared the news with the world with their various news agencies and Twitter accounts.

One journalist who is not even in Russia is capitalizing on what he likes to call #SochiProblems.  Twenty year old Alex Broad, a journalism student in Toronto, created the Twitter account @SochiProblems during an otherwise slow news day.  His account consists of retweets from journalists in Russia and his own witty commentary.  The following tweets are only a sampling of what this account has to offer:

No water for you! #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/JHWyOU82bf
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014

Who needs walls. #SochiProblems pic.twitter.com/QUgMHqW4Zy
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014

@HarryCNN but it's a nice room. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/o6KH3fjR1y
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 4, 2014

We got $50 billion to prepare for the #Olympics but we thought the buddy system in every bathroom was still a good idea. #SochiProblems.
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 5, 2014

I see @barryap1 broke his doorknob... #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/NkUeP0Pd64
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 5, 2014

Luckily for @jianghomeshi, I have extra lightbulb but need doorknob in return. #SochiProblems #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/s67850uTuj
— Sochi Problems (@SochiProblems) February 5, 2014

@SochiProblems has really taken off in the past three days.  It was started on February 4, 2014, and now (February 7) it has over 275 thousand followers.  This official Sochi 2014 Twitter account trails behind Sochi Problems by over 100 thousand followers.  It will be interesting to see how the games play out -- hopefully the $51 billion spent for the Olympics will be more evident in the the events than the hotels.