Tag: Sochi

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

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 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

In this Feb. 14, 2010 photo, Dale Begg-Smith of Australia makes his moguls final run at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. Begg-Smith said he's ready to chase after another Olympic medal after taking nearly three years off to rest his aching body. The 29-year-old moguls skier captured gold at the 2006 Turin Games and silver four years later in Vancouver. Given his long layoff, he knows he's not the favorite at the Sochi Olympics, but likes the underdog role. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

SOCHI SCENE: Retirement 2.0 for Begg-Smith

Washington Examiner · February 10, 2014 6:08 pm