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#SochiProblems: It's Just Too Darn Hot For a Winter Olympics

<p>Sochi basked in sunshine Wednesday as temperatures reached over 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the Winter Olympics host city.</p>
Local residents enjoy bathing along the Black Sea near the Olympic Park in Sochi.
Local residents enjoy bathing along the Black Sea near the Olympic Park in Sochi.ISSEI KATO / Reuters

Sochi basked in sunshine Wednesday as temperatures reached around 60 degrees Fahrenheit in the Winter Olympics host city.

Image: Local residents enjoy nice weather on the beach at the Black Sea near the Olympic Park during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics
Local residents enjoy nice weather on the shores of the Black Sea in Sochi on Wednesday, with the Olympic Park in the background.MARKO DJURICA / Reuters
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Women lay in the sun outside the Swiss House in Sochi on Wednesday.Morry Gash / AP