Australian athletes ordered into a security lockdown as they arrive in Sochi for Winter Olympic Games

TORAH Bright was adopting a happy-go-lucky attitude despite the Australian team being ordered into a security lockdown in Sochi.

OLYMPIC golden girl Torah Bright was adopting a happy-go-lucky attitude as she touched down in Sochi, despite the Australian team being ordered into a security lockdown.

With terrorist threats haunting Russia's first Games in 34 years, the Australian team's chief ordered the athletes to limit travel to the official Olympic zones, which are fortified by tens of thousands of soldiers.

The first Australians to arrive at the weekend were quick to hoist a Boxing Kangaroo flag on a wall of the Olympic village, where their section neighbours sporting rivals Great Britain.

Bright, who admitted after suicide bombings in December she might pull out of the Games if there were further attacks, said Saturday she just wanted to have fun in Sochi by becoming the first snowboarder to compete in three different events.

"It might be jack of all trades, master of none - who knows?'' the three-time Olympian said. "I don't care - I'm having a great time.''

But Bright, who came from behind to score gold in the halfpipe in Vancouver, said there was "always pressure ... to perform at my best".

Snowboarder Scotty James, who arrived with Bright and slopestyle skier Russ Henshaw, joked that he would take the opportunity to rib his Olympic Village neighbours about their Ashes defeat.

The 19-year-old jumped on Twitter after arriving at the village, tweeting, "Umm . . . where is the free McDonalds?''

At the airport, James - the baby of Australia's 2010 winter team - admitted he was a little nervous to be finally arriving in Sochi after a long lead up.

"If I wasn't nervous I would be worried - that would mean I wasn't really switched on,'' James said.

Henshaw, from Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains, has recorded podium finishes this season, but crashed in the X Games event last week and also hurt his head in training.

"That's just part of the sport,'' he said in Sochi. "Sometimes you land your tricks and sometimes you don't and you end up hurting yourself.

"You've just got to put it to the back of your mind and move on.''

Can you guess who GB's neighbors are? Going to be some Ashes banter for sure! pic.twitter.com/0aqJnVjljv

Australia's chef de mission Ian Chesterman put the travel clamp in place on the weekend, describing the restrictions as "minor but important".

Russian president Vladimir Putin has erected a multi-layered security ring around the sports venues, athletes' villages and VIP hotels to keep out Islamic militants from the northern Caucasus region, which is close to Sochi.

"We feel very comfortable coming here, everybody here has already experienced a level of security in place - it's intense, but not heavy-handed,'' Chesterman said.

The opening ceremony takes place early Saturday morning, Australian time.

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