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Sochi has always been a strange choice for the Winter Olympics, says senior correspondent <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/author/jgatehouse/">Jonathon Gatehouse</a>, but there are real concerns about attendance and readiness. 
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Follow our Sochi team on Twitter:
Charlie Gillis: <a href="https://twitter.com/ChasGillis" target="_blank">@ChasGillis</a>
Ken MacQueen: <a href="https://twitter.com/kmqyvr" target="_blank">@kmqyvr</a>
Jonathon Gatehouse: <a href="https://twitter.com/JonGatehouse" target="_blank">@JonGatehouse</a>
For all our Sochi coverage, <a href="http://www2.macleans.ca/tag/sochi-2014/">click here</a>.

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