Despite prior safety concerns, many Sochi Olympic athletes report feeling safe as they compete in this year's winter games! Athletes from all over the world have confidently traveled to Russia to make history in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
"As far as safety over here, I'm looking at it from the standpoint of a soldier," said U.S. bobsled member Dallas Robinson, as reported by ABC News. "A lot of our soldiers are in combat zones where there's hundreds of thousands of people who don't want them there, people that are headhunting. We're in an area where there's hundreds of thousands of people protecting us.”
An estimated 100,000 police, agents and army troops are enforcing security at the winter olympics, after the U.S. State Department warned Americans to be cautious in traveling to Sochi to watch the games. Athletes were advised to not wear team-issued uniforms outside of the game venues, as it could make them target to predators in Sochi. However, American skeleton athlete John Daly believes he is safe wearing red, white and blue outside of the Olympic stadiums, ABC news reported.
"(Security) is top notch. I don't think there's going to be an incident at all and if I didn't feel confident I wouldn't have my family come over. I'm glad they're here. I know they're safe and I've got full trust in Russia,” he said, as reported by ABC.
The LA Times reported skeleton racer Noelle Pikus-Pace brought her husband and two small children to Sochi with her. "Of course we had concerns leading up to the Games," she said, as reported by LA Times. "But once we got here and to the place where we were staying, we felt very safe and there haven't been any issues."
Speedskater Emily Scott also said things are running smoothly in Sochi now. "Honestly, everyone's been so nice, so polite," Scott said. "I haven't felt unsafe in any sort of way,” she said, as reported by the LA Times.
“I feel very comfortable that the International Olympic Committee, the USOC and the Russian government are doing everything they can to assure our safety,” said Minnesota’s own John Shuster, the U.S. curling team skip and three-time Olympian, as reported by MinnPost. “I actually feel pretty good about it.”
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