Sochi 2014 posts
People Two years ago, Jake the dog had a very different life. (via PEOPLE Pets)
U.S. Olympian "Couldn't Imagine Life Without" Sochi Rescue Dog
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He was found skinny, dirty and scrounging for food outside the family residences at the Olympic Village during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
115 months ago
NPR After a subpar showing at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Russians devised an elaborate, clandestine plan to ensure a stellar performance at the 2014 games they were hosting in Sochi.
Report: Russia Used 'Mouse Hole' To Swap Urine Samples Of Olympic Athletes
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At the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the Russians traded dirty urine samples for clean ones by passing them through a hole drilled into the wall of the anti-doping lab, according to an official report.
116 months ago
Reuters Allegations of Russian doping at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics would represent a shocking new dimension and an "unprecedented level of criminality", if proven to be true, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
118 months ago
Reuters Allegations of Russian doping at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics would represent an "unprecedented level of criminality", if proven to be true, said IOC President Thomas Bach. Find out more: http://reut.rs/22g3Svy
Sochi doping allegations could show unprecedented criminality: IOC
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Allegations of Russian doping at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics would represent a shocking new dimension and an "unprecedented level of criminality", if proven to be true, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said on Wednesday.
118 months ago
The New York Times Russia denied that it had operated a state-sponsored doping program at The Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014, calling allegations “groundless.”
Russia Denies Doping at Sochi Olympics
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“These allegations look absolutely groundless,” a spokesman for President Vladimir V. Putin said of the claims by a former Russian lab chief.
118 months ago
Sports Illustrated A Russian counter-terrorism official said that authorities thwarted a suicide bombing plot ahead of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
124 months ago
Los Angeles Times Sports Russia officials say suicide bombers tried to target the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia
Suicide bombers targeted 2014 Sochi Olympics, Russian official says
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Female suicide bombers planning to smuggle explosives aboard an airplane in hand cream were thwarted on the eve of the 2014 Sochi Olympics , a top Russian official said.
124 months ago
The Economist Moscow held its Olympics closing ceremony on this day in 1980. Was Sochi any different? http://econ.st/1UhNveq
Sochi or bust
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FEBRUARY 7th sees the opening of the winter Olympics in Sochi on the Black Sea. The message of the games is simple: “Russia is back”. Sochi was planned as a...
128 months ago
The Wall Street Journal Resorts built for the Sochi 2014 Winter Games struggle to attract enough visitors amid Russia's economic downturn.
One Year On, Sochi Suffers the Post-Olympic Blues
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A year after the Winter Games, Sochi’s new Krasnaya Polyana ski resort is having its first full season—just as Russia’s oil-dependent economy heads for a wipeout.
134 months ago
Deadspin Boondoggle Boondoggle Boondoggle http://deadsp.in/w6q3ErX
The Sochi Olympics Were Even More Of A Boondoggle Than You thought
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The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, were a scam from the very start. Sochi is a resort city with mild weather that had nothing close to the infrastructure necessary to host the Olympics, yet the initial budget was only $12 billion dollars. In Read more ... comparison, the budget for the 2010 Winter Olympics—held in the much more developed Vancouver, Canada, whose metro area is seven times bigger than Sochi—was $8 billion. The real final cost of everything, as documented in this exhaustive Businessweek piece? $51 billion.
134 months ago