Tag: Olympics

Internet users around the world are offering their support for the Olympic skier from Lebanon, Jackie Chamoun, who is facing outrage in her country for a topless video from three years ago. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

#StripForJackie campaign offers support for Lebanon skier Jackie Chamoun over topless photo backlash

Ashe Schow · February 13, 2014 5:00 am

Oxsana Kharitonova lyes on the grass while posing for a photograph with friends on a sunny warm day at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

Life’s a beach at the Winter Olympics

Jon Krawczynski · February 12, 2014 4:28 pm

The Sanki Sliding Center is seen from a gondola after the men's luge competition in the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

SOCHI SCENE: Cardio climb

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2014 4:06 pm

Women's downhill gold medalists Switzerland's Dominique Gisin, left, and Slovenia's Tina Maze, right, hold hands during a flower ceremony at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

2 golds: Maze, Gisin tie in Sochi Olympic downhill

Howard Fendrich · February 12, 2014 3:52 pm

A spectator waves a RUssian flag during the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Sochi activists sent to prison for 3 years

Nataliya Vasilyeva · February 12, 2014 3:39 pm

Russia's Anton Gafarov falls with a broken ski during his men's semifinal of the cross-country sprint at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

SOCHI SCENE: Help across countries

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2014 3:28 pm

A woman lays in the sun outside the Swiss House at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Temperatures are predicted near 60 degrees Fahrenheit in Sochi on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

SOCHI SCENE: Winter Games, sunny skies

Washington Examiner · February 12, 2014 12:31 pm

An environmental activist in Sochi has been sent to jail for three years for spray-painting a fence. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Energy and Environment

Sochi environmental activists sent to prison for 3 years

Associated Press · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

A spider camera records the nordic combined training in the ski jumping stadium at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

National Security

Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terrorists

Angela Charlton · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this March 8, 2013 file photo, Lebanese skier Jackie Chamoun speaks during an interview at the ski resort of Faraya, northeast of Beirut, Lebanon. (AP File)

Beltway Confidential

Man accused of beating wife to death doesn’t outrage Lebanon officials, but a nude skier does

Ashe Schow · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Bob Costas drinks vodka during broadcast: ‘My eyes couldn’t get any redder’

Beltway Confidential

Bob Costas drinks vodka during broadcast: ‘My eyes couldn’t get any redder’

Charlie Spiering · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

In this Friday Feb. 7 photo, a drone camera flies about the slopestyle course during a freestyle skiing slopestyle training session at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terrorists

Angela Charlton · February 11, 2014 4:35 am