Scene from Sochi three days before the start of the Winter Olympics

"I think you'll see once the Games begin that people will be talking about what great Olympics these are," Felli says. Those competitions can't get here fast

The Olympic Cauldron and the Bolshoy Ice Dome sit waiting for competition to start Thursday :: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images

"I think you'll see once the Games begin that people will be talking about what great Olympics these are," Felli says. Those competitions can't get here fast enough."