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Well these Winter Olympics competitors have some very unfortunate names

Oh, COME ON!

Feb 10th 2014, 8:18 AM 5,295 Views 0 Comments

WHO ARE YOU calling immature?

The winter olympics are in full swing and viewers are glued to their screens, if not for the sport, but the rather, unusual names.

German ski jumper Andreas Wank’s parents may have had no choice when it came to his last name, but spare a thought for his fellow athlete, Russian luge competitor Semen Pavlichenko.

Titter.

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Needless to say, Twitter remained very dignified about the unfortunately-named young men.

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Best of luck Wank and Semen, best of luck.

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Well these Winter Olympics competitors have some very unfortunate names

Oh, COME ON!

So Debenhams are offering a rather unconventional new service>