MOSCOW, Russia - We have arrived at the Olympiysky Sports Complex.

We hopped on the shuttle bus for the short 15-minute ride from the hotel to the arena early Sunday afternoon.

On the drive to the venue, we spotted two McDonald's restaurants. McDonald's may become my new favorite restaurant over the next week. The mystery meat we had at lunch in the hotel today did not agree with most of us. And the McDonald's I had yesterday actually was pretty good.

I took about two bites of the food on my plate at lunch today, and simply couldn't eat anymore. Jason Bryant and I decided to walk down to the grocery store that is two blocks from the hotel. Nothing looked too appealing, so I bought a small can of Pringles and a Coca-Cola for 88 Roubles (less than 3 bucks U.S.). Good thing I brought some crackers and snacks with me from the U.S.

One of our Greco-Roman coaches, Olympic gold medalist Momir Petkovic, told me he can't eat the food they have at the hotel. And he grew up in this part of the World.

The venue for the 2010 World Championships is massive. It is an older facility, but the set-up for the tournament appears to be pretty good. The Olympiysky Sports Complex was the home for the basketball and boxing competitions during the 1980 Olympics. The U.S. did not attend those Games because of a boycott by President Carter.

The press work room and the press tribune in the arena all have good working Internet, which is a must for us to cover an event of this magnitude. We will be doing an audio webcast of the event, with Jason doing the play-by-play.

The warm-up area is adjacent to the competition area, making it easy for the athletes to get back and forth. In 2007 and 2009, the warm-up area for this event was not close to the competition area and created some problems. Doug Schwab nearly missed a match in 2007 and Jake Varner nearly missed his quarterfinal bout last year. The bout order was changed in Varner's class, and none of the American delegation was notified of the change.

We ran into Justin Ruiz at lunch in the hotel. The 2005 World bronze medalist is wrestling in his fifth World Championships. He was scheduled to weigh in later today, and had a plate filled with food. He assured me he has his weight down to 96 kg/211.5 lbs.

Ruiz, Spenser Mango and Faruk Sahin will compete tomorrow as the seven-day event kicks off in Moscow. I ran into Spenser down in the hotel lobby and he is ready to go. This is Spenser's third straight World-level event, after he placed in the top 10 at the 2008 Olympics and 2009 Worlds, and he's ready to win a medal.

We received more good news when Gary Abbott and I were able to receive credentials to gain access to the warm-up area. That is critical for our coverage of the event as press officers for USA Wrestling. We need to be able to follow the athletes back to the warm-up area to conduct interviews.