Sochi Attacks Stopped by Multiple Countries
Russian authorities say that security cooperation between multiple countries helped stop potential terrorist attacks on the Sochi Olympics.
FSB chief Alexander Bortnikov told the Russian media that the United States, Austria, France, Germany and Georgia worked with Russia to target potential terrorists ahead of the Games.
Russia and Georgia have not had diplomatic ties since 2008, making their partnership all the more surprising.
The Sochi Olympics occurred without incident despite multiple terrorist attacks occurring on Russian soil during the run up to the Games.
Bortnikov declined to give any more details on the cooperation, while noting the countries worked together to "localize that threat."
U.S. Athletes Advised Against White House Selfies
The Olympians and Paralympians who visited the White House last week were asked to refrain from taking selfies with President Barack Obama.
According to Sports Illustrated, the White House discourages selfies because there are official photographers for events with large groups, not to mention that taking hundreds of individual photos would be inefficient and impractical.
Most athletes were understanding of the policy.
"I'm sure if they would've allowed it, there'd be 150 people with selfies with the president right now,'' Nick Goepper, a bronze medalist in slopestyle skiing, said.
Some speculate the warning stemmed from a recent incident during a visit by an American baseball team. Star player David Ortiz of the Boston Red Sox took a selfie with President Obama and posted the photo to social media as part of a sponsored promotion, a move of which the White House did not approve. However, the White House stopped short of saying they had outlawed the practice.
"There's no discussion of a ban," said White House spokesman Jay Carney.
Sochi Chief Takes "Expert" Role for PyeongChang
With a successful Games in Sochi now behind him, Dmitry Chernyshenko will lend a bit of help to the PyeongChang 2018 effort.
The former Sochi organizing committee head says that, although he has no plans to remain in sports long term, he will be happy to share the knowledge he gained from organizing Russia’s first Winter Olympic.
"I’ll be an expert who will give them advice from Moscow. Let’s say that," Chernyshenko told R-Sport.
"I think I've successfully completed my activity in the field of sports and the international Olympic movement."
Chernyshenko says he is mulling over "several" employment offers.
Written by Aaron Bauer, Nick Devlin, and Andrew Murrell
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