We Have Our First Banned Sochi-Related Athlete Website

((HT: GlobalNews))

Anyone on the Sochi side of the five-ringed circus cannot access Canadian bobsled driver Justin Kripps' website...

You get this instead...

Translation is loosely this:

Dear users!

We apologize, but access to the requested resource is limited.

Possible reasons for limiting access:

Access is limited by court order or otherwise established by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Network address, which identifies the site on the “Internet”, included in the Uniform Domain Name Registry, indexes pages sites network “Internet” and the network address for the identification of sites in the “Internet”, containing information dissemination in the Russian Federation is prohibited.

Check availability network address in the Unified Register in the section “Viewing the Registry” online http://www.zapret-info.gov.ru.

Network address, which identifies the site on the “Internet”, included in the registry of domain names, indexes pages of sites in the “Internet” and the network address for the identification of sites in the “Internet”, containing information disseminated in violation of the exclusive rights.

Check availability network address in the Register in the section “Viewing the Registry” online nap.rkn.gov.ru.

Kripps recently posted a photo on his Twitter account that showed him and teammates in their underwear that ran on Perez Hilton and Outsports

Kripps replied on his Twitter account about 12 hours ago:

Looks like my website is censored in Russia, haha classic #SochiProblems I wonder if there's a camera in my room

Here's a look at how a kid from Hawaii gets to be a bobsledder...
((HT: Shaw TV Canada))


It might be the only time we see him if he gets censored even further...