#SochiBuzz: Road to Sochi 2014; Flame Under Water

(ATR) With 70 days to go until the 2014 Winter Olympics, training and preparations for Sochi hopefuls and the Olympic flame's journey into the waters of Lake Baikal have social media users talking.

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With 70 days to go until the 2014 Winter Olympics, training and preparations for Sochi hopefuls and the Olympic flame's journey into the waters of Lake Baikal have social media users talking.

Happy thanksgiving everyone! I went skiing today :) just wrote about it on FB http://t.co/cpavFKpJvL #IWILL #sochi2014 #Thankful

— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) November 28, 2013

Skiers, snowboarders swarm Summit County for Olympic dreams - http://t.co/iZSqiEGqbs @denverpost @jasontblevins #Sochi2014

— Chuck Plunkett (@chuckplunkett) November 28, 2013

German, Russian, and Canadian bobsled teams don't take Thanksgiving off. Neither can we! Practice as usual. #usolympic #Usbsf #Sochi2014

— Curtis Tomasevicz (@ctomasevicz) November 28, 2013

Tickets to #Sochi2014 Olympics selling like hotcakes: not only via internet http://t.co/7C6S8DZ72R pic.twitter.com/8mggU5dhEk

— The Voice of Russia (@VoiceofRussia) November 28, 2013

So @brianmckeever had an epic wipeout... Two days before an epic win http://t.co/6BHRFzxejt #100daystogo #Sochi2014 @CDNParalympics

— G. Stroumboulopoulos (@strombo) November 28, 2013

#Sochi through Austrian Bobteam's eyes - also a good way to learn how to pronounce Sochi!;) Watch it http://t.co/PytfGJWgy2 via @youtube

— Dmitry Chernyshenko (@DChernyshenko) November 26, 2013

"@Sochi2014: Whatever you do, wherever you go, keep the fire in your heart! #Sochi2014 #TorchRelay pic.twitter.com/nJ6syVKcfu"

— Lydia Lassila (@LydiaLassila) November 26, 2013

#Sochi2014 Olympic Flame goes underwater at Lake #Baikal. We are proud to share with you this unique photos. pic.twitter.com/vUC77mPSXc

— Sochi 2014 (@Sochi2014) November 23, 2013

Beautiful day in @vailmtn Wish I could be out skiing right now :( #stuckinthegym #workinghard… http://t.co/BbFAVfHtt0

— lindsey vonn (@lindseyvonn) November 23, 2013

"@bcm010: We Push Stuff... Support Canada's Bobsled team! #Sochi2014 @JesseLumsden28 http://t.co/FWQwlWCpuj" thanks!!

— Jesse Lumsden (@JesseLumsden28) November 26, 2013Follow the Sochi 2014 Torch Relay

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