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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2010, file photo, Canada's Joannie Rochette reacts after receiving her bronze medal at the women's figure skating competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Canadian figure skater's mother died of a heart attack just before the Vancouver Games. On the eve of the Sochi Games, which Rochette will attend as an analyst for Canadian TV and working with Team Visa, she looks back at 2010 with pride, not sadness, in her voice. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

Skater Rochette remembers Vancouver tragedy

By BARRY WILNER - Associated Press

White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Carney discussed the Syrian peace talks, security at the Sochi 2014 Olympics and other topics. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House concerned by increasing terror threats at Sochi Olympics

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

LOZANSKY: Russia’s high hopes for the Olympics

By Edward Lozansky

In this image made from a video posted online by an Islamic militant group asserting responsibility for suicide bombings last month that killed 34 people in Volgograd, Russia, two men, identified as Suleiman and Abdurakhman and who purportedly carried out the twin suicide bombings are seen at an unknown location. The two Russian-speaking men featured in the video are identified as members of Ansar al-Sunna, the name of a militant group operating in Iraq. It was unclear whether they had received funding or training from the group or only adopted its name. (AP Photo)

Olympics host Sochi remains a volatile region

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, the 5a street Akatsiy's house is in the village of Vesyoloye outside Sochi, Russia. As the Winter Games are getting closer, many Sochi residents are complaining that their living conditions only got worse and that authorities are deaf to their grievances. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

A crumbling Sochi hides behind Olympic facades

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

In this Friday, Jan. 17, 2014 photo made available by Presidential Press Service on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens during an interview to Russian and foreign media at the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

US lawmakers raise safety concerns about Olympics

Associated Press

Mancuso managing her entire season around Sochi

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2013 file photo, Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma talks to a referee in the third period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks in Pittsburgh. The affable Penguins coach will try to lead Team USA to its first gold in 32 years at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Sochi Olympics: Hockey’s Dan Bylsma has a chance to coach his own golden moment

By Will Graves - Associated Press

Russia's Alexander Ovechkin (8) collides with Slovakia's Lubos Bartecko (23) in the first period of a preliminary round men's ice hockey game at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Ovi remains diplomatic amid criticism of native Russia, but he’s serious about winning in Sochi

By Joseph White - Associated Press

Ski jumper Morgenstern gets all-clear after crash

Associated Press

U.S. Olympic figure skaters Polina Edmunds and Jason Brown carry a flag and wave to the crowd at the end of their skating spectacular after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Skating body picks Wagner over Nagasu for Olympics

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

Ashley Wagner competes in the women's free skate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Sochi Olympics: Ashley Wagner makes figure skating team despite falling, finishing fourth

By Rachel Cohen - Associated Press

**FILE** Olympic athlete Victor Ramos carries the flag representing Individual Olympic Athletes onto the field during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Ramos, a boxer, fled his homeland of East Timor following the 1999 violence. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

‘Shameful and pathetic’: India athletes to compete in Sochi under Olympic flag

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press