Medvedev Not Happy With Olympic Outcome

After boasting that they would achieve an unheard of 40 medals and walking away with a paltry 15, the Russians are getting a bit testy.

GETTING GRUMPY
After skater Evgeni Plushenko came in second to American Evan Lysacek, Plushenko's people promptly posted on his website that he had won the "Platinum" in Vancouver.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was so upset at his country's poor showing in Vancouver that he "asked" for resignations:

"Those who bear the responsibility for Olympic preparations should carry that responsibility. It's totally clear," he said. "I think that the individuals responsible, or several of them, who answer for these preparations, should take the courageous decision to hand in their notice. If we don't see such decisiveness, we will help them."

Russia is due to host the games at Sochi in 2014 and Medvedev wants people to tow the line:

"Without messing around, we need to start preparations for Sochi. But taking into account what happened in Vancouver, we need to completely change how we prepare our athletes," Medvedev said.

But Medvedev's threats aren't just for the Russian Olympic trainers; they are for all Olympic competing countries:

"But don't think that we haven't noticed what the other (competing) countries have done," he said. "How dare they find better talent than we, how dare they display this talent to our detriment. Let it be known that if this type of behavior continues during the Sochi games that we, the Russian people, will be left no alternative but to take our proverbial ball and go home."