From the Pacific coast to the shores of the Black Sea. From the peaks of western Canada to the Caucasus mountains of southern Russia. From gleaming North American skyline to palm-fringed resort in the former Soviet Union. Do svidanya (goodbye) Vancouver. Do vstretchi (see ...

They were the resilient Winter Games — beginning in shock, ending in euphoria. Opening day was overshadowed by the death of a luger in a training-run crash. The finale couldn't have been more festive — a tribute to the organizers, who persevered despite first-week setbacks, and to the Canadian team, which ...

Women will be on the ski jump hills at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian resort of Sochi, says Karla Keck, a director of Women's Ski Jumping USA. "I am optimistic and encouraged about the possibility of Women's Ski Jumping being included in 2014 in Sochi," Keck told AFP from her home in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. "However, we ...

Women will be on the ski jump hills at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Russian resort of Sochi, says Karla Keck, a director of Women's Ski Jumping USA. "I am optimistic and encouraged about the possibility of Women's Ski Jumping being included in 2014 in Sochi," Keck told AFP from her home in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. "However, we ...