With 76 days to go until the 2014 Winter Olympics, social media is abuzz with Sochi topics such as Lindsey Vonn's fall during training, previews of Olympic venues, and Russia's gay propaganda ban.
Did you know? The Olympic sliding center "Sanki" has the longest course in the world. #Sochi2014 #venue pic.twitter.com/5T79ilrrHc
— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) November 21, 2013With Olympic officials appropriating the rainbow flag, gays should steal Russia's national colors: soot and ash.
— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) November 21, 2013Bob Costas of @NBCSports would love to ask Putin about that gay propaganda law: http://t.co/GssEIFJB2F (@rachelcohenAP) #Sochi2014 #lgbt
— AP Sports (@AP_Sports) November 21, 2013RT @Sandra_Sully Check this out!Ten’s impressive Sochi Winter Olympic Games sneak peek released this week http://t.co/Vx7wwjzlpx #Sochi2014
— TEN News Sydney (@TenNewsSydney) November 21, 2013Just as the #Sochi2014 spotlight highlighted abuses in #Russia, hopefully the 2022 World Cup will do same for #Qatar http://t.co/xi5B6sjXjt
— Kirit Radia (@KiritRadia_ABC) November 21, 2013#Sochi2014 team send-off to take place in #Banff with #Calgary #Edmonton in Celebration of Excellence. http://t.co/jGm89JGneF
— CDN Olympic Team (@CDNOlympicTeam) November 21, 2013We're so excited for the #winterolympics in #Russia! Check out our #Sochi to do list and get excited for February- http://t.co/UZDO8LvkGS
— Travel Channel (@travelchannel) November 15, 2013Olympic sponsors @generalelectric, @CocaCola, @McDonalds @Visa silent on Russia's anti-gay stance & other abuses #Sochi2014
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) November 19, 2013A Moscow testing lab for #Sochi2014 is set to have its WADA accreditation suspended for six months unless it improves procedures by Dec 1
— FOX SPORTS News (@FOXSportsNews) November 18, 2013Lindsey Vonn crashes, suffers partial tear to surgically repaired ACL http://t.co/90AKA8QTHW #Sochi
— Comcast SportsNet (@CSNAuthentic) November 20, 2013"@LilTunechi: My prayers are with u Lindsey. Wishing u a speedy recovery!" Thx Weezy
— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) November 20, 2013#Olympic snowboarder living out of truck while training #Sochi @Justin_Reiter http://t.co/RjFvFEOLEL
— USA TODAY Video (@usatodayvideo) November 19, 2013Freestyle skier K.C. Oakley -- a Cal alum from Piedmont -- has her sights set on Sochi http://t.co/KvlTnuPsAC #Sochi2014 @kcstoakley
— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) November 20, 2013Funday of shooting yesterday with @nbcolympics @coppermtn #sochi2014 #sgproteam http://t.co/u6PeC74x8Y
— Justin Reiter (@justin_reiter) November 20, 2013Those mittens were not easy to stack blocks with but they are good to support #teamUSA! #GoUSA #Sochi2014 @USOlympic http://t.co/kILJwYz5HN
— Hilary Knight (@Hilary_Knight) November 20, 2013Follow the Sochi 2014 Torch Relay
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