Green, gold and plenty of white
AUSTRALIA’S athletes will wear icy arctic fashion with a 1970s twist at the Sochi opening ceremony.
Winter Olympics
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.
‘Chumpy’ Pullin goes for Sochi gold
EXCLUSIVE: Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin is one of Australia’s best chances for Sochi gold, but more than that he wants to be our next great bloke of sport.
Camplin juggles baby with Olympics
WINTER Olympics golden girl Alisa Camplin reveals how she will juggle motherhood with TV duty to bring viewers the best of the Sochi Games.
Sochi profile #8: Holly Crawford
THIS is a story about a blonde, good-looking Aussie snowboard halfpipe champ – but it’s not Torah Bright.
A rare look inside Russia’s underground gay scene
SOCHI’S mayor made headlines when he claimed there are no gay people in the city. These pics inside one of at least two gay clubs in the Winter Games city tell a different story.
Uptick in Sochi security threats
THERE has been an uptick in reports of security threats just days out from the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Sochi ‘most secure event on planet’
DESPITE terror threats, corruption and anti-gay legislation, the Sochi Olympics head says it will be a huge success.
Sochi profile #10: Britt Cox
EVERY Olympics, summer and winter, there are always a few young Aussies who are sent over purely for the experience.
Sochi profile #9 – Danielle Scott
IF Australia wants to win medals in our pet Winter Olympic sport of aerial skiing, we’re going to have to do a Matthew Mitcham.
Sochi profile #12: Laura Peel
AERIAL skier Laura Peel isn’t a household name like Winter Olympic gold medallist Lydia Lassila – but she soon might be.
Sochi profile #11: Jarryd Hughes
ALEX “Chumpy” Pullin may be Australia’s best chance of gold in Sochi, but a precocious Sydney schoolboy lurks as an outsider.
Prince Hubertus: the coolest man at Sochi
MEET Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe, a Mexican Olympic skier, professional pop-singer (AKA Andy Himalaya) and the best dressed man at Sochi.
The Sochi social scene
WITH the Winter Olympics just days away, enjoy our pick of the tweet pics posted by Aussie athletes aiming to pull sweet tricks in Sochi.
Sochi in shambles 14 days out
WITH less than two weeks to go before the Winter Olympics begin in Sochi, Russia, photos have emerged showing a city in ruin.
Torah creates Olympic history
TORAH Bright has become the first woman to qualify for three snowboard disciplines at a Winter Olympics.
Gender wars hit Olympic slopes
THE relationship between Australia’s top male and female skiers is rapidly going downhill, only 12 days before the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Laid-back star’s time to shine
SURFIE or Winter Olympian? Globetrotting jetsetter or humble guy who lives in a small flat underneath his grandma’s place?
Snowboarding giant set for Sochi gold
FOUR years ago, Aussie teen Scotty James was the youngest winter Olympian in 50 years. Now he’s 23 cm taller and out to grab gold in Sochi.
US athletes told to hide identity
US athletes have been cautioned about wearing their team uniforms outside the Olympic village in Sochi.
Pittman cool on sleighing rivals
JANA Pittman and her bobsleigh partner Astrid Radjenovic admit they had a reality check ahead of next months Sochi Games.
Worst Olympic outfits ever?
THE Norwegian Olympic Curling Team’s Pants has A Facebook page with 542k likes. Some people are easily pleased.
Aussie worker reveals Sochi horror
AN Australian worker at the Sochi Winter Olympics has painted a bleak picture of the area just two weeks out from the Games.
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