#SochiBuzz -- Final Days to 2014 Winter Games

(ATR) Athletes and journalists arrived in Sochi this week to prepare for the opening of the 2014 Winter Games.

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Norway's Cross country athlete Petter Northug trains by the Olympic Rings at the Laura Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon Centre of the Sochi Winter Olympics  in Rosa Khutor, near Sochi, on February 6, 2014. The Sochi Olympic Winter Games 2014 will run from February 7 to 23. 
 AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV        (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)
Norway's Cross country athlete Petter Northug trains by the Olympic Rings at the Laura Cross Country Skiing and Biathlon Centre of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Rosa Khutor, near Sochi, on February 6, 2014. The Sochi Olympic Winter Games 2014 will run from February 7 to 23. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images)

Athletes and journalists arrived in Sochi this week to prepare for the opening of the 2014 Winter Games.

Team USA is ready for #OpeningCeremony pic.twitter.com/AWlcFXrz8u

— Keri Herman (@KeriHerman) February 7, 2014

A cool pic from @NASA showing the #sochi Olympic Village. Looks more like mars. pic.twitter.com/aDZqWg3AbN

— @AdamBergNBC6 (@AdamBergNBC6) February 7, 2014

Shaun White drops Slopestyle. Skiers say run went from "gnarly" to "sketchy" http://t.co/lJezPYv0Mh #Sochi #Olympics pic.twitter.com/Jx8ylX1yd7

— Liz Habib (@LizHabib) February 6, 2014

Love running into Olympic friends and idols :) @kristiyamaguchi #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/GBn0zCPvgQ

— Nastia Liukin (@NastiaLiukin) February 6, 2014

Athletes are waiting for McDonald's to open in the Olympic village. It opens tomm. Does that mean midnight if the cafeteria is open 24/7?

— Lolo Jones (@lolojones) February 2, 2014

Food in Russia is amazing! #McSochi pic.twitter.com/eTYEtSw407

— Shaun White (@shaun_white) February 3, 2014

US Figure Skaters Ashley Wagner and Jeremy Abbott share a moment in #Sochi.. #Sochi2014 #NWOlympics http://t.co/LR65B2ihJ6

— Chris Daniels (@ChrisDaniels5) February 4, 2014

Arrived at #Sochi2014 today and greeted at airport by a stray dog, happy to have run into one #azphotos pic.twitter.com/Cgm0mkPSzp

— Rob Schumacher (@RobSchumacher1) February 3, 2014

They've landed! @AstridBobsleigh & @JanaPittman touch down 4 #Sochi2014- ready & excited 4 the bobsleigh :) pic.twitter.com/VSo9ZrMgNF #Sochi

— Sandra Sully (@Sandra_Sully) February 3, 2014

View from Bolshoy arena, absolutely beautiful. #sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/MHWzs7mQga

— Hayley Wickenheiser (@wick_22) February 3, 2014

Great day with the IOC Athletes' Commission at the #Sochi Olympics... only a few more days! RT if you are excited to cheer on the athletes!

— Angela Ruggiero (@AngelaRuggiero) February 3, 2014

Not a bad view from our balcony. @JocelyneUSA17 #Sochi #TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/QeD019C7dT

— Monique Lamoureux (@moniquelam7) February 3, 2014

Goodnight #Sochi pic.twitter.com/yhLtKOnKGq

— Chris Needham (@CYNeedham) February 3, 2014

Sunset at the #Sochi Main Media Center -- a few hours ago now. (Deadline got in the way.) pic.twitter.com/MGOdVIK9Ab

— Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports) February 5, 2014

Does your #Sochi bathroom have double toilets? @Clorox has you covered. pic.twitter.com/pw9Ul5S5ux #Sochi2014 #SochiFail #SochiProblems

— Robb Major (@robbmajor) February 7, 2014

My room is fine, but there's no lock in the door. I'm told someone is coming soon to fix. #sochi

— Pia Catton (@PiaCatton) February 5, 2014

Sat down with @JakeTapper. Everything he wanted to talk about has a hashtag: #MiddleEastPeace, #Syria, #Iran, #Sochi pic.twitter.com/BxYzpwj5dC

— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) February 5, 2014

Sochi Games has cost over $50 billion? Still so many incomplete parts. They are basically the New York Knicks!

— Jim Chairusmi (@jimchair) February 4, 2014

Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered pic.twitter.com/sQWM0vYtyz

— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014

Warmest Winter Olympics of all time...clearly. #cbcolympics #Sochi2014 pic.twitter.com/SYo1RiT6PL

— MoniKa Platek (@MonikaPlatek) February 4, 2014Follow the Sochi 2014 Torch Relay

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