India Approves Funds for Winter Athletes
Despite the fact that they cannot compete in Sochi under their country’s flag, three athletes from India and their coaches will receive financial support from the Indian Sports Ministry after a Wednesday decision.
Three Indian athletes have qualified for next month’s Winter Olympics, though two of them may have been unable to compete if the funds had not been released.
Though luger Shiva Keshavan was able to raise money through his sponsors to pay for clothing and equipment that met Olympic standards, alpine skier Himanshu Thakur and cross-country skier Nadeem Iqbal are now ensured of being able to make the trip to Russia.
The money will cover the costs of flights, lodging, meals, and clothing.
The three athletes will have to compete under the Olympic flag rather than that of India. India’s IOC membership was frozen in 2012 due to corruption within the Indian Olympic Association.
Samsung Winter Games App
Samsung launched its Wireless Olympic Works app for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
The app promises real-time scores and results. Users can also connect with other users of the app, get information on the history of Winter Olympic sports, and support various Winter Olympians.
Samsung first launched its WOW app for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
"Samsung is offering fans around the world the most direct access to Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games and allowing them to design and personalize their experience in ways that are most relevant to their interests and passions," company executive W.S. Lee said in a statement.
"Our dedicated teams are hard at work year-round to ensure that the WOW technology is ready for use throughout the Games."
The app will be available in the Samsung App store as well as through Google Play.
Actor McKellen Pens Open Letter to Putin
Less than a month before the Sochi Games, actor Ian McKellen has written an open letter to Vladimir Putin urging him to repeal Russia’s controversial anti-gay legislation.
The letter was co-written by Russian scientist Harold Kroto and signed by 27 Nobel laureates.
Coming just over three weeks before the Opening Ceremony, the letter was published in the newspaper The Independent.
"The letter is written to indicate that many senior members of the international scientific community show solidarity with politicians, artists, sports people and many others who have already expressed their abhorrence for the Russian Government's actions against its gay citizens," said McKellen in the letter.
"Protest is never easy but we hope that by expressing opposition to the new legislation it might be possible to encourage the Russian State to embrace the 21st Century humanitarian, political and inclusive democratic principles which Mikhail Gorbachev worked so hard to achieve."
Written by Nick Devlin and Aaron Bauer
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