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# Sochi 2014

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'Be prepared for the drop after the peak': the stark realities of being an Irish winter athlete
Conor Lyne was flag-bearer at the Sochi Olympics in 2014.
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Feb 15th 2018, 8:00 AM
The Sochi gold medallist who swapped the slopes for Senegal as a Sightsavers ambassador
Northern Ireland’s Kelly Gallagher picked up gold
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Nov 28th 2015, 8:00 AM
Vanessa-Mae found to have fiddled her way into Winter Olympics
The violinist has now been banned from skiing for four years.
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Nov 11th 2014, 7:30 PM
Northern Ireland's Kelly Gallagher claims Paralympic gold
The 28-year old from Down won the visually-impaired Super-G even this morning.
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Mar 10th 2014, 10:00 AM
From Russia with love: 7 examples of sportsmanship at the Sochi Olympics
It’s time to pack up your skeletons and stray dogs, folks.
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Feb 24th 2014, 10:30 AM
Now that Sochi's over, here's 5 Winter Sports you can try in Ireland
From snowboarding to curling, there’s a chance you could make the next Winter Olympics.
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Feb 24th 2014, 7:30 AM
Winter Olympic Village: Day 15
It’s all over bar the shouting in Sochi.
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Feb 23rd 2014, 6:11 PM
Winter Olympic Village, Day 14
We revisit the penultimate day of action in Sochi
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Feb 22nd 2014, 9:14 PM
Conor Lyne ensures Ireland sign off from Sochi on a positive note
Mario Matt claims slalom gold as Ireland’s interest in the Winter Olympics comes to an end.
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Feb 22nd 2014, 6:50 PM
'Loser Keeps Bieber' bet on Olympic hockey game goes hilariously wrong
This amazing billboard really sums it all up.
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Feb 22nd 2014, 10:52 AM
Winter Olympic Village: Day 13
Pull up a stool and join us for some Schnapps.
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Feb 21st 2014, 8:38 PM
Disappointment for Bell as Mikaela Shiffrin becomes America's golden girl
Florence Bell failed to finish the women’s slalom in Sochi.
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Feb 21st 2014, 6:37 PM
South Korean fury at Yuna Kim figure-skating defeat
Websites were flooded with angry comments by ordinary South Koreans who felt that “Queen Yuna” had been robbed of the title.
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Feb 21st 2014, 11:44 AM
That 'Sochi Wolf' video was an epic Jimmy Kimmel prank
Here’s how he did it.
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Feb 21st 2014, 9:58 AM
Here's why the Olympic figure skating final wasn't fixed
The website of the popular online campaigning forum, Change.org, last night crashed as hundreds of thousands logged on to sign a petition calling for a review of the judges’ scores.
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Feb 21st 2014, 9:35 AM
Winter Olympic Village: Day 12
Join us for an apres-ski shandy.
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Feb 20th 2014, 7:05 PM
Olympic ski race ends in insane crash at the finish line, three-way photo finish
Check out how this one came to an end.
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Feb 20th 2014, 11:02 AM
Lolo Jones forgot to hit the brakes at the end of her bobsleigh run, nearly crashed
The track athlete showed her lack of experience in Sochi.
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Feb 20th 2014, 10:43 AM
Winter Olympic Village: Day 12
If you’re Russian, look away now.
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Feb 19th 2014, 7:19 PM
Defeated Russian hockey coach gives amazing interview: 'Eat me alive right now'
“Dear friends, life has not come to an end. But this is a severe and annoying defeat,” the Russian commentator said, meanwhile.
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Feb 19th 2014, 7:13 PM
Sad Sochi bear is the symbol of Russia's ice hockey heartbreak
When the Russian ice hockey team loses, a nation cries.
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Feb 19th 2014, 6:04 PM
Why you really need to care about Yuna Kim and Julia Lipnitskaya's figure skating showdown
Don’t like figure skating? Doesn’t matter.
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Feb 19th 2014, 3:27 PM
Jeers as Russia crash out of ice hockey tournament in Sochi
Finland stunned the hosts in Sochi this afternoon.
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Feb 19th 2014, 3:06 PM
Conor Lyne crashes out of Giant Slalom competition
Irish skiier “disappointed” after falling on his Olympic debut.
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Feb 19th 2014, 10:36 AM
Winter Olympic Village: Day 11
Imagine tearing your ACL and winning Olympic gold two months later…
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Feb 18th 2014, 9:28 PM
The finish in the men's biathlon couldn't have been much closer
Emil Hegle Svendsen won gold in the 15km mass start… just about.
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Feb 18th 2014, 2:34 PM
Conor Lyne cleared to compete despite Olympic injury scare
Skiier injured his shoulder during a training session in Sochi 10 days ago.
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Feb 18th 2014, 1:48 PM
Florence Bell fails to complete course in women's slalom
The teenage hopeful will chalk this one down to experience.
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Feb 18th 2014, 1:11 PM
The 14 stages of realising you're a Winter Olympics superfan
AKA the journey from zero to obsessed.
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Feb 18th 2014, 1:06 PM
GIF: Snowboard cross race ends in dramatic crash at photo finish
Alex Deibold just about scraped into the final, but then came away with bronze.
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Feb 18th 2014, 12:00 PM
Pussy Riot members say they have been arrested in Sochi
The two band members were released from prison last year.
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Feb 18th 2014, 10:16 AM
Emotional bronze reward for ill Japanese ski jumper
The ski jumper may be suffering from Churg-Strauss syndrome, an illness with initial symptoms resembling asthma but potentially deadly.
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Feb 18th 2014, 7:15 AM
Winter Olympic Village: Day Ten
There was disappointment for the Jamaican bobsleigh team among other events in Sochi today.
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Feb 17th 2014, 10:00 PM
Cruel runnings: Fairytale over for Jamaican bobsleigh team despite kissing 'lucky egg'
it’s the end of the road for the most popular team in Sochi.
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Feb 17th 2014, 4:30 PM
These screaming curlers are the new stars of the Winter Olympics
WARNING: You may want to turn the volume down before hitting the play button.
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Feb 17th 2014, 4:06 PM
Here's how 18-year-old Rowan Cheshire looks after crashing on Sochi halfpipe
The Team GB athlete tweeted this image from her hospital bed this morning.
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Feb 17th 2014, 1:04 PM
Heroic cat falls through ceiling of Sochi skating arena, walks away
And it was all caught on CCTV.
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Feb 17th 2014, 8:04 AM
Winter Olympic Village: Day Nine
Looks like Marty McFly’s crazy, hovering future is not so far away.
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Feb 16th 2014, 8:30 PM
It was 30 years ago today: 13 haunting pictures from 1984's Winter Olympics venues
The Sarajevo Olympic park is being reclaimed by nature.
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Feb 16th 2014, 2:30 PM
Steady on, lads! It's the sporting tweets of the week
Also featuring Darran O’Sullivan’s thoughts on Michael Carrick and Irish Winter Olympian Florence Bell’s new best friend.
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Feb 16th 2014, 8:45 AM
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