Sochi 2014 Countdown
Last week commenced the 100-day countdown to Sochi 2014; athletes are now in crunch time as they prepare for the Winter Games.The Globe and Mailsits down with Canadian ice-dance pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir to "shed light on a rigorous mental and physical regime" that they hope will help them defend "the Olympic gold they claimed in Vancouver."
On Tuesday, talk show host Katie Couricsits down with OlympiansLindsey Vonn, Evan Lysacek and Julie Chu to discuss their road to Sochi and how their mothers are their "greatest support systems."
NBC Olympic Talk reports on apower outage at theSanki Sliding Centerin Sochi that occurred on Monday while the US luge team trained at the facility.
Sochi Olympic hopeful Tatyana McFaddenbecomes the first push-rim wheelchair competitor to win four major marathons in a calendar year.
In 95 days, women ski jumpers will compete in the Olympics for the first time.KSL’s Keith McCordfeatures the sport’s road to Olympic status and talks to US ski jumpers Abby Hughes, Lindsey Van, Jessica Jerome, and Nina Lussi.
MSNBC discusses five obstacles for Sochi on the"bumpy road" to the Winter Games: "nationalist clashes and fears of terrorism, a ‘crackdown’ on neighboring countries, diminishing religious freedom, the Snowden situation, and gay rights."
New York Timeswriter Celestine Bohlen says Sochi is going "all out" for the Winter Games; she questions however if visitors will "indeed flock to Sochi after the Games." A notorious example of Sochi excess is "a ski jump that cost $265 million, more than six times over budget," Bohlen writes.
The 2014 Winter Olympics could "spark further improvement" for Russia’s handicapped individuals. The Moscow Times reports that Sochi’s "embrace" of the 2014 Paralympic Games is a "refreshing break" from controversy surrounding Russia’s gay propaganda ban.
Sports Business Daily calls optimism from NBC Sports executives ahead of the Sochi Games "bullish." NBC is showing more optimism about the Sochi Games "than they have been about any Winter Olympics in the last decade."
In Other News
The Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business explores whether"Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ningcan overcome its past mistakes."
AFP Reporter Kyoko Hasegawa says "gripes" over plans for the Tokyo Olympic stadium have cast a shadow over the city’s "2020 euphoria."
Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is set to release his memoir "Faster Than Lightning" this week. USA Today and The New York Post say the book is complete with "scandalous tales of his relationships, his potential failures, and his love of McDonald’s." Bolt reportedly ate around 1,000 chicken nuggets over the course of 10 days at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
The New York Times says residents of Centro do Meio, Brazil "are still dealing with an attack on a soccer field that left two men dead.
"It began with a yellow card."
Compiled byNicole Bennett.
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