Friday, February 21, 2014

THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN SOCHI, RUSSIA

The Russian Federation had high hopes that the Russian Men's Hockey Team would get to compete against the United States a second time in a rematch.  So it was both crushing and humiliating when the Russian Men's Hockey Team lost against Finland and knocked out of competition on home soil.  Even one of three mascots of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia couldn't be comforted in his moment of extreme grief.
Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir of the United States of America

Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay of the United States of America
 Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch of Canada
 
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada

Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers of Canada

Stacey Kemp and David King of Great Britain

  Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres of France

  Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek of Italy

Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise of Italy
  Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany


 Maylin Wende and Daniel Wende of Germany

Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer of Austria

 Andrea Davidovich and Evgeni Krasnopolski of Israel

Narumi Takahaski and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan
   Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia

 Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov of Russia

Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia
 Julia Lavrentieva and Yuri Rudyk of Ukraine

 Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China
  Cheng Peng and Hao Zhang of China
 Olympic athletes without makeup
Gracie Gold of the United States of America
Ashley Wagner of the United States of America
 
Maia Shibutani of the United States of America

Meryl Davis of the United States of America

Felicia Zhang of the United States of America

 Marissa Castelli of the United States of America

Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada
 Penny Coomes of Great Britain
  Jenna McCorkell of Great Brittan
A touching tribute to the late halfpipe skiing athlete Sarah Burke.  Sarah Burke pioneered Women's Halfpipe and worked hard for it to become an Olympic game event.  Sadly, Sarah Burke died while competing in a Halfpipe Skiing competition before she could see Women's Halfpipe be included for the first time ever in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
Silver Medal winning Carolina Kostner of Italy, Gold Medal winning Yuna Kim of South Korea and Bronze Medal winning Mao Asada of Japan
 
Yuna Kim of South Korea



 
















 Figure skater Adelina Sotnikova of Russia













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