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Norway's gold medal winner Marit Bjoergen, left, hugs bronze medal winner Heidi Weng during the flower ceremony of the women's cross-country 15k skiathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Sprint events up next for cross-country skiers

By MATTIAS KAREN - Associated Press

A Nordic combined athlete trains at the ski jumping venue prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Norwegian strong in Nordic combined training

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Norway's Torger Nergaard, right, sweeps ahead of a shot by skip Thomas Ulsrud during a men's curling training session the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Olympic curling tournaments begin at Sochi Games

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Austria's Matthias Mayer finishes to win the gold in the men's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Olympic downhill king: Austria’s Matthias Mayer

By FRED LIEF - Associated Press

Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal reacts after finishing the men's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Norway’s Svindal falters in Olympic men’s downhill

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Switzerland's Dario Cologna crosses the finish line to win the men's cross-country 30k skiathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Cologna wins men’s 30K skiathlon at Sochi Olympics

By MATTIAS KAREN - Associated Press

Marit Bjoergen of Norway wins gold medal in women’s cross-country 15K skiathlon

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Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen leaves the shooting range during the men's biathlon 10k sprint, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Bjoerndalen wins 7th career Olympic gold in sprint

By ERIC WILLEMSEN - Associated Press

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway wins Olympic gold in men’s biathlon 10K sprint

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Denmark's Helle Simonsen slides off the hack as she delivers the rock during the first day of training at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Norway’s curlers funkier than ever in Sochi

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Gold medal winner Sage Kotsenburg, of the United States, holds up his medal during the medal ceremony for the Snowboard Men's Slopestyle competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip )

Saturday’s Highlights at the Sochi Olympics

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen leaves the shooting range during the men's biathlon 10k sprint, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won the gold. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Grim talk turns to gold for now at Olympics

By FRED LIEF - Associated Press

Canada's Mark McMorris lands from a jump during the men's snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Parrot takes lead in Olympic debut of slopestyle

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Canada's Maxence Parrot takes a jump during the men's snowboard slopestyle qualifying at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Sochi Olympics: Snowboarders come out hot to start Games

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2013, file photo, Evgeni Plushenko of Russia skates his short program at the ISU European figure skating championship in Zagreb, Croatia. Although he's one of the world's predominant figure skaters, with an Olympic gold and two silvers to his name, Plushenko has barely been seen in competition for the past year. The performance that won him Russia's sole berth in the men's singles for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, was done behind closed doors. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)

A few things to watch with the Olympics beginning

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Norway faces cross-country selection dilemma

By MATTIAS KAREN - Associated Press

Sports capsules for the Sochi Olympics

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 13, 2013, file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

EDITORIAL: Nominee for Norway embarrassingly unprepared

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Medalists projected by AP at the Sochi Olympics

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Athletes ski in the stadium during the individual Gundersen competition at the Nordic Combined FIS World Cup in Oberstdorf, southern Germany, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Frenzel wins season’s 7th Nordic combined WCup

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