cold as hall, olympic spirit #36, finland, 2013 (olympic pentathlon 1952. the cold pool of 18c/64f helped i.hall from sweden win gold over the favored brazilians. today olympia pools have to be 24c)
ostgold, olympic spirit #3, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (jens weissflog won gold for east germany at the winter games 1984. He won gold again in 1994 while this jump was a setting of the balkan war)
doppelhammer, olympic spirit #19, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (bobsleigh winter games 1984 where d. schauerhammer won double-gold for the DDR. the trees started growing after the war)
'4 out of 6', olympic spirit #18, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (East Germany won 2 & 4 bobsleigh at winter games 1984 where the DDR designed the track and won 4 out of 6 medals. the west claimed insider knowledge as a reason)
soar like an eagle, olympic spirit #25, canada, 2011 (ski jump winter games 1988 where the highlight was 'eddie the eagle')
spring break, olympic spirit #21, canada, 2011 (ski jump winter games 1988)
hard landing, olympic spirit #32, summer games 2004, greece, 2011 (the financials troubles of greece let even an olympic pool get abanoded)
supply shut-off, olympic spirit #30, summer games 2004, greece, 2011 (after not even 10 years the parts of the olympic park is in very bad shape and looks abandoned)
olympic spirit #42, italy, 2017 (ski jump olympics 1956 it was used until 1990 when it lost its fis-certification)
olympic spirit #38, cuba, 2017 (stadium built for the pan america games in 1991. Cuba won 265 medals. havanna tried to host the olympics twice but never got the bid)
olympic spirit #39, cuba, 2017 (officially it is not abandoned but most of the handrails have been scrapped already)
bosnian wall, olympic spirit #13, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (bobsleigh winter games 1984)
finlandization, olympic spirit #1, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (90m ski jump winter games 1984)
the agony of defeat, olympic spirit #11, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (bobsleigh winter games 1984)
waiting for the echo, olympic spirit #5, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (ski jump winter games 1984)
grandstand light show, olympic spirit #26, ski jump winter games 1988, canada, 2011
eddies big moment, olympic spirit #20, ski jump winter games 1988, canada, 2011
'grabenkampf', olympic spirit #12, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (bobsleigh winter games 1984)
sound of hawkbits, olympic spirit #4, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (ski jump winter games 1984)
matti's triple v, olympic spirit #22, ski jump winter games 1988, canada, 2011
silence of the leaves, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 olympic spirit #16, (bobsleigh winter games 1984)
giant S, olympic spirit #17, bosnia herzegovina, 2011 (bobsleigh winter games 1984)
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