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Shaun White, left, of the United States catches air during a training session for the men's snowboard halfpipe at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

White tells AP he’s at peace with decision

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

United States' Heidi Kloser is stretchered off the course after crashing in a warm up run before qualifying in the women's moguls at the Rosa Kutor Exreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Vail freestyler Heidi Kloser out with broken leg

Associated Press

Butte native Wilson preparing for Olympic moguls

By ALAN DALE - Associated Press

Pharma data play larger role in Olympic drug tests

By MATTHEW PERRONE - Associated Press

Women ski jumpers finally get chance on big stage

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

Speedskater Shani Davis of the U.S. trains at the Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Friday, Feb. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Shani Davis content as he chases Olympic history

By PAUL NEWBERRY - Associated Press

United States' Heidi Kloser is stretchered off the course after crashing in a warm up run before qualifying in the women's moguls at the Rosa Kutor Exreme Park ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

American freestyler out with broken leg

Associated Press

Meghan Duggan, right, of the U.S. women's ice hockey team challenges her teammate Amanda Kessel, left, during their practice session ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Fewer blowouts expected in Olympic women’s hockey

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

The Olympic Park is illuminated early Thursday morning, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia, prior to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

LOVERRO: In many ways, Sochi is the perfect Olympics host city

By Thom Loverro - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a wall while visiting the Coastal Cluster Olympic Village ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

SOCHI SCENE: Meeting Putin

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Eye-catching: George Shirk delivers the stone down the sheet at the Potomac Curling Club. Curling has become an Olympic sport for the common man, and the club sponsors leagues for those who become fans after watching it on television. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)

Olympics viewers swept up in curling

By Zac Boyer - The Washington Times

Shaun White of the United States takes a jump during a Snowboard Slopestyle training session at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, prior to the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Shaun White nixes Olympic slopestyle

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, talks with Director General Christophe De Kepper, right, and executive board member John Coates, prior to opening the IOC's general assembly at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

IOC urged not to pay sports to attend Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee member Princess Anne of Great Britain, left, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, IOC President Thomas Bach, second from right, and Sochi 2014 Olympics President Dmitry Chernyshenko, left, at an event welcoming IOC members ahead of the upcoming 2014 Winter Olympics at the Rus Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)

IOC debates changes to Olympic bidding process

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

The photo taken with a fisheye lens show the start area on the large hill of the ski jumping stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

Korek happy to see an end of jumping “injustice”

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Second placed Elana Meyers, foreground, and Aja Evans of the United States start their first run of the two-woman Bobsled World Cup race in Koenigssee, southern Germany, on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Sochi Olympics: Bobsledding has given ex-GW softball player Elana Meyers an extended athletic career

By Brian McNally - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 17, 2010, file photo, Shaun White, of the United States, celebrates his gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe finals at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, Brtish Columbia, at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. White heads to the Sochi winter Olympics as arguably the most famous athlete competing: "It's going to push me to do things I never would've done before," he says. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick, File)

Sochi Olympics: Shaun White pulls out of slopestyle to focus on halfpipe

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Jan. 24, 2014, Evanston attorney Paul Skog, center, jokes with Wayne Thomas and Wayne Blackwood at his law office in Evanston, Wyo. Skog, whose Main Street law office has doubled as the North American headquarters for the Jamaica Bobsled Federation since his efforts landed the team in Evanston for training in 1997, traveled to Sochi with the team as part of the Jamaican delegation. &quot;It fascinates me to think this has been an adventure for 17 years,&quot; Skog says. (AP Photo/Casper Star-Tribune, Ryan Dorgan)

Evanston sends Jamaican bobsledders to Olympics

By CHRISTINE PETERSON - Associated Press

2 Tahoe doctors part of US Olympic medical team

Associated Press