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Shared toilet at the Sochi Olympic Biathlon Center

When you gotta go in Sochi… take a friend to the twin toilets

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Russian authorities have set up side by side toilets at a Olympic venue in Sochi. Yes, BBC Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg tweeted a picture Wednesday with the caption: “Seeing double in the Gentlemen’s Loo at the Olympic Biathlon Centre.” The picture he snapped is of one stall with two toilets, no divider.

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