Tickets for the Winter Olympics appear to be as difficult to come by as winning a gold medal.<br /><br />Hundreds of fans have been queuing daily at the ticket office in the Sochi mountain cluster, trying to get passes at the last minute for various sporting events. <br /><br />But service is very slow:<br /><br />One Russian sports fan said it was a shame:<br />“People are standing here, not only Russians but foreigners as well. I think it is wrong that there is only one window which takes ten minutes to sell one ticket.”<br /><br />A Chinese visitor complained about not being able to buy tickets ‘online’ as the local site was only for Russians. <br /><br />“So I can’t buy tickets on the internet and the line to buy tickets is very, very long,” he said. <br /><br />There have also been complaints about empty seats at some venues, mainly because people have been delayed by security checks.<br /><br />But many spectators bought their tickets before arriving in Sochi and once they have been told to leave plenty of time to get seated, they seem to be having a great time.
