Sochi

Members of Team Sweden and Team Finland mix it up during the 2014 Winter Olympics women's quarterfinal ice hockey game at Shayba Arena, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

SOCHI SCENE: Intensity ramps up

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 10:10 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 file photo, the Olympic Park is illuminated in Sochi, Russia, prior to the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Westerners coming to Sochi for the Olympic games seemed surprised by the unfinished hotels, packs of stray dogs, and warnings not to drink the strange-colored water. But these vivid problems aside, the Olympics and ancillary development show some promising signs for the country. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Olympics a test for ambitious developing countries

Joe McDonald · February 15, 2014 9:33 am

IOC: Activist not jailed for criticism

IOC: Activist not jailed for criticism

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 9:27 am

Switzerland's Dominique Gisin falls in the women's super-G at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

SOCHI SCENE: ‘Disaster’ course

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 9:23 am

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, right, and Patrick Chan of Canada smile following the flower ceremony after the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Hanyu placed first and Chan second. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

SOCHI SCENE: Canada’s lament

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 8:20 am

Daisuke Takahashi of Japan waits for his results after the men's free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

SOCHI SCENE: Japan’s other skaters

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 8:11 am

Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby competes with his sleeves cut, during the men's 15K classical-style cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

SOCHI SCENE: Oh, Mother

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 8:01 am

Mitt Romney, then-president of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, makes a ticket announcement in October 2001. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac, File)

Mitt Romney to appear on ‘Meet the Press’

Associated Press · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

US changing suits after dismal speedskating start

Paul Newberry · February 14, 2014 11:22 pm

Alla Tsuper of Belarus celebrates after winning the gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing aerials final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Tsuper won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

SOCHI SCENE: Belarus’ big haul

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 7:53 pm

Austria goaltender Bernhard Starkbaum reaches back as the puck shot by Canada forward Jeff Carter, flies into the net for a goal in the second period of a men's ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

SOCHI SCENE: Russia’s potential rival

Washington Examiner · February 14, 2014 6:31 pm

Men's supercombined medalists from left, Croatia's Ivica Kostelic (silver), Switzerland's Sandro Viletta (gold) and Italy's Christof Innerhofer (bronze) pose for photographers on the podium during a flower ceremony at the Alpine ski venue at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.(AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Kostelic gets 3rd combined silver; Viletta wins

Howard Fendrich · February 14, 2014 5:55 pm