Tag: Olympics

In this combination of photos taken between Feb. 9 and Feb. 13, 2014, spectators at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, show their national pride with face paint. (AP Photo)

SOCHI SCENE: Fans wear their colors on cheeks

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 1:56 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 file photo, members of the United States Olympic team _ many of them holding up mobile phones to record the moment _ enter Fisht Stadium in Sochi, Russia, for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Picking up new followers on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms is the smart play for Olympians at the Sochi Games. Athletes who share their experiences from their privileged backstage access at the games could come home from Russia with far stronger hands to woo and squeeze more money from sponsors. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Tweet this: Olympians turn medals into buzz, money

John Leicester · February 14, 2014 12:57 pm

SOCHI SCENE: A very unusual perspective

SOCHI SCENE: A very unusual perspective

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 12:55 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, the Olympic Park is illuminated in Sochi, Russia, prior to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Westerners coming to Sochi for the Olympic games seemed surprised by the unfinished hotels, packs of stray dogs, and warnings not to drink the strange-colored water. But these vivid problems aside, the Olympics and ancillary development show some promising signs for the country. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Through fog of complaints, Sochi’s light shines

Jim Heintz · February 14, 2014 11:21 am

Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia waits in the results area after competing in the women's team free skate figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, Pool)

SOCHI SCENE: Who will break out?

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 10:58 am

Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans of the United States take a turn during a training session for the women's bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

SOCHI SCENE: Bobsled couple

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 10:55 am

A Dutch skating fan, his hat filled with Olympic pins, watches the women's 1,000-meter speedskating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

SOCHI SCENE: The pins arrive

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 10:33 am

Britain's Chemmy Alcott smiles after finishing the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

SOCHI SCENE: Showing her ‘metal’

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 9:11 am

Fans cheer a goal by the team Russia against Slovenia in the second period of a men's ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

SOCHI SCENE: Record day in Sochi

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 9:05 am

Elena Meyers and Katie Eberling of the United States take a turn during a training session for the women's bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

USA-1 women’s bobsled in minor crash at Olympics

Tom Withers · February 14, 2014 7:58 am

Men's slopestyle skiing medalists, from left, Gus Kenworthy, silver, Joss Christensen, gold, and Nicholas Goepper, bronze, all from the United States, pose with their medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

SOCHI SCENE: Seeing 2 sweeps

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 7:57 am

People climb the Olympic Rings as the Olympic cauldron burns in the background at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Friday. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Billie Jean King to attend Sochi Olympics closing ceremony

Meghashyam Mali · February 14, 2014 5:00 am