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The Japan TimesSOCHI, RUSSIA – The sheer cost, size and scale of the Sochi Olympics has outstripped anything done before. The question for future Winter Games is clear: Can anyone — should anyone — try to top that? Sochi has showcased President Vladimir Putin’s …Sochi hotels receive surge in bookings after Winter OlympicsTelegraph.co.ukPower Ranking Major […]
OPP ConnectWhen it comes to British overseas property demand generated by the Olympic Winter Games, France has won gold, says a top agent. For Russian property buyers, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Spain are all winners, but there are doubts over the performance of the … …read more Source: Winter Olympics News From Google
Team GB medallists return from SochiTelegraph.co.uk… good showing in Sochi. The first medal won in Russia by Great Britain was from Jenny Jones – who grabbed bronze in a new Winter Games event – snowboarding slopestyle. The 33-year-old congratulated the team on their great performance. Source: APTN … …read more Source: Winter Olympics News From […]
CBS NewsSOCHI, Russia – Flushed with pride after a spectacular showing at the costliest Olympics ever, Russia celebrated 17 days of sport-driven global unity in Sochi on Sunday night with a farewell show that hands off the Winter Games to their next host, …Goodbye, Sochi: Olympics Closing CeremonyThe Weather ChannelFinal Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 medal […]
USA TODAYSOCHI, Russia – The creative director of the opening and closing ceremonies has a sense of humor. Konstantin Ernst showed up for the closing ceremony news conference Sunday morning in a white T-shirt with the Olympic rings. Well, four Olympic rings and …Costly, political, successful: Sochi Olympics endBoston.comSebastian Coe: Success of Winter Games can […]
Wall Street JournalA Look at the Next Winter Games: PyeongChang 2018. As the winter Olympics draw to a close in Sochi, WSJ’s Dipti Kapadia ventures to the PyeongChang 2018 house in Olympic Park to find out how construction is going and what to expect in 2018.Winter Olympics 2018: Best Bets for Gold in PyeongchangBleacher ReportAfter […]
WPTVWhat Olympics events are on TV? Listings for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, Sunday, Feb. 23, Day 16. Men’s Ice Hockey, Cross-Country and Four-Man Bobsled hand out the final gold medals of the Sochi Olympic Games. You can get the very latest updates … and more …read more Source: Winter Olympics News From Google
Winter Olympics 2014: NBC TV schedule, event listings for Friday (Feb. 21) in …The Patriot-NewsAs the top American male short track speed skater, J.R. Celski is in line to grab the torch that fellow Federal Way resident Apolo Ohno held for the past two Winter Games. In January, Celski dominated at the U.S. Olympic trials, […]
CBS News… medaled at the Olympics. Meyers became the first American woman with two bobsled medals. And Williams – whose entire bobsled career spans about six months – is now the fifth Olympian to medal in different events at the Summer and Winter Games.Canada rallies past US for women’s bobsled goldMilwaukee Journal Sentinel all 174 […]
Milwaukee Journal SentinelIn his fifth Olympics, De Jong won his fourth 10,000 medal with a time of 13:07.19. He’s now got two bronzes to go along with a gold and a silver, becoming the first male skater to claim medals at four different Winter Games. The only older skater to …Winter Olympics 2014 speed skating […]
ESPNAn American Shootout. The U.S., which has medaled in every Winter Games since women’s hockey was added in 1998, earned a spot in the gold-medal game after peppering Sweden with 70 shots, tied for third-most ever in a Olympic women’s game.US women’s hockey crushes Sweden to reach gold medal gameCBS NewsWinter Olympics 2014 hockey results: […]
CBS NewsThe U.S. has medaled in every Winter Games since women’s hockey was added in 1998, and just once – with a loss to Sweden in the 2006 semifinals – failed to reach the Olympic championship game. CBSSports.com: Complete coverage of the 2014 Winter …Sochi Winter Olympics 2014 hockey schedule: Women’s semifinals underwaySB NationSochi Olympics […]
kjrh.comAfter nearly a week sidelined by an eye infection, NBC Olympics host Bob Costas is set to return to primetime coverage. NBC announced Sunday that Costas would be back at the desk Monday night. Bob Costas returned to NBC Olympics studios at IBC in …Costas to return to NBC’s prime-time coverage of the Sochi Winter […]
The GuardianLizzy Yarnold, now one of just five British athletes to win individual gold medals in 90 years of the Winter Games, already knew what it would be like to win on the track at Sochi’s Sanki Sliding Centre because she had visualised it endlessly. Every …Noelle Pikus-Pace of US wins silver in women’s skeletonCBS […]
Here Are 10 Interesting Facts About the Winter OlympicsTheBlaze.comOfficially in the thick of the Sochi Winter Games, we thought it’d be fun to review some lesser-known facts. Do you know how much a gold medal is actually worth? What about the richest athlete competing? This infographic from financeonline.com, a … and more …read more Source: […]
ABC NewsDay 6 of the 2014 Winter Games saw the American Olympic men’s slopestyle skiing team sweep the podium, with teammates Joss Christensen, Gus Kenworthy and Nick Goepper each taking gold silver and bronze respectively in the freestyle event. No other …Winter Olympics 2014: Joss Christensen, US men sweep medals in Sochi …CBS NewsWinter Olympics […]
Washington PostJamie Anderson wins gold in slopestyle, Bode Miller disappoints in men’s downhill, team figure skating: Highlights from Day 2 of competition at the 2014 Winter Games. American snowboarder Jamie Anderson competes in the women’s slopestyle final during …Sochi Olympics Day 4: Jamie Anderson completes US slopestyle sweepBaltimore Sun‘It’s kind of a big deal’: American […]
USA TODAYAhead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, For The Win looks back at the all-time Winter Olympic medal count to find some of the strange, interesting and notable facts from 90 years of Winter Games history.Sochi 2014 begins with teams, classical music and a flying girlCNN InternationalVladislav Tretiak lights cauldronESPNWinter Olympics 2014: Top […]
BBC NewsRussian President Vladimir Putin has taken senior Olympics officials on a tour of a Persian leopard sanctuary ahead of the Winter Games in Sochi. He tried to calm one leopard cub, which had become agitated and attacked two journalists, Russian media said …Russia Blocks Several Activists From Olympics, Even as SpectatorsNew York TimesCoffey: Olympic […]
USA TODAYThe U.S. Olympic Committee and several other countries have received emails regarding security threats at the Sochi Winter Games, further raising concerns about safety. USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said in a statement Wednesday that the message has …Russians make Evgeni Plushenko their choice for 2014 Sochi OlympicsLos Angeles TimesTwin toilets photo at Sochi Olympics […]
Washington PostMOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin has made a daring gamble with the Winter Games in Sochi, guaranteeing they will be safe despite their setting on territory awash in grievance and terror. Olympic officials have accepted his assurances, but as the Opening …Olympic terror fears mount despite Putin’s assurancesFox NewsSecurity experts: Olympics-related terrorist threat ‘is […]
ABC NewsSid the Kid is going to have plenty of help when Canada goes for gold at the Sochi Olympics. Hockey Canada announced its 25-man hockey roster on Tuesday and it is loaded with NHL stars for next month’s Winter Games. Sidney Crosby, who scored the …Top Shelf: Giroux, St. Louis left out in the […]