Belle ready to let rip on Putin
AUSSIE star Belle Brockhoff has touched down in Sochi vowing to make a statement against Russia’s anti-gay laws.
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Anne laments Olympic ceremonies
QUEEN Elizabeth II was a surprise star of the London Olympic opening ceremony, but her daughter was not a fan.
Jamaican bobsledders lose luggage
“I SEE pride, I see power, but I don’t see our luggage.” The Jamaican bobsled team has lost its equipment on the way to Sochi.
Green, gold and plenty of white
AUSTRALIA’S athletes will wear icy arctic fashion with a 1970s twist at the Sochi opening ceremony.
Sochi profile #2: Torah Bright
SNOWBOARDER Torah Bright admits she’s had to toughen up to compete in what she describes as “a roller derby on snow”.
Russia’s Sochi soft porn shoot
RUSSIA is courting controversy by featuring its female Winter Olympians in racy underwear photos, including Tatiana Borodulina, who lives in Australia.
Where’s the snow in Sochi?
IT MAY be the Winter Olympics, but there’s not a snowflake in sight from the rooms of seven of Australia’s Sochi athletes.
Putin’s ‘flame’ may light up Sochi
VLADIMIR Putin said he did not choose who will light the Olympic flame amid talk it will be his rumoured lover.
Sochi water ‘contains something very dangerous’
LIFE in Sochi is full of interesting hazards. If you can get past the toilets that can’t handle toilet paper, there’s yellow-coloured water that can’t touch your skin. And that’s not all.
This guy’s no Mickey Mouse skier
DAVID Morris’ first pair of skis as a toddler was an old pair of K2s with Mickey Mouse emblazoned on them.
Sochi profile #5: Anna Segal
WHEN Anna Segal first branched out from moguls to the hair-raisingly dangerous sport of slopestyle, her mother wasn’t impressed.
Sochi profile #4: Russ Henshaw
YOU often hear of the families of Olympians giving an arm and a leg to help their children.
Sochi profile #3: Lydia Lassila
LYDIA Lassila’s two-year-old son Kai spends so much time with his grandparents that he already speaks four languages.
Massive crash for Aussie skier
AUSSIE skier Nicole Parks walks away with just a pair of broken goggles after a spectacular crash in training at Sochi.
Inside Sochi’s ‘non-existent’ gay club
THIS is the club that Russian politicians claim does not exist. Sochi’s gay club, where Champagne sells for $600.
Baby face among Para hopefuls
A 14-YEAR-OLD and a 41-year-old are among five debutantes for Australia’s Sochi Winter Paralympics team.
Begg-Smith feeling that ‘itch’
HE’S BACK. After a major hiccup at the airport, Dale Begg-Smith finally showed up in Sochi wearing Australian colours.
Ice hot! Sochi’s sexiest stars
IS it just us, or are the Sochi Winter Olympics athletes hotter than their summer counterparts? You be the judge…
Sochi’s secret: it’s gorgeous
WHILE attention hones in on security threats and expenditure, nature has delivered a simple truth – Sochi is beautiful.
Stray dogs ‘threaten’ Sochi
A PEST control company says it has a contract to exterminate dogs throughout the Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Crash confirms Bright’s fears
A NORWEGIAN athlete has been seriously injured on the same course which Torah Bright voiced her concerns over.
Sochi’s best kept secret
YOU’VE heard a lot about security issues and half-finished facilities, but Sochi is actually a nice place. Ant Sharwood knows, because he’s there right now.
Bright lights upon new romance
OUTSPOKEN Olympic snowboarder Torah Bright says she has a new man who goes by the name of Hercules.
Tudhope dreaming of Sochi
FOURTEEN-year old Sydney snowboarder Ben Tudhope could become our youngest ever winter Paralympian.
Aussie athlete’s bizarre press conference
AUSTRALIA’S high-profile snowboarder Torah Bright has bagged the Sochi Olympics on her first day in Russia. She doesn’t think the facilities are up to scratch.
Torah’s fired up over Sochi course
AUSTRALIA’S high-profile snowboarder Torah Bright has made her intentions clear, bagging the Sochi Olympics on her first day in Russia.
Crime boss and his Sochi role
A HEROIN kingpin admits he helped Russia win the Winter Games by obtaining critical votes.
Sochi profile #7: Dale Begg-Smith
WILL the real Dale Begg-Smith stand up in Sochi? Or perhaps that question should be: who IS the real Dale Begg-Smith?
Aussie athletes in Sochi lockdown
TORAH Bright was adopting a happy-go-lucky attitude despite the Australian team being ordered into a security lockdown in Sochi.
Sochi fudges torch images
Winter Olympics organisers have admitted images of the torch being lit on Mount Elbrus were taken in October and not on Saturday.
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