Winter Olympics

Protestors Strengthening Barricades in Kiev

Here's How Ukraine's Political Crisis Is Affecting the Olympics

One Olympic athlete has withdrawn from competition; Russia may be holding back

An ice maker pebbles the 2014 Olympic curling rink in Sochi.

Why Curling Ice is Different Than Other Ice

There is a science to preparing ice for the shuffleboard-like sport. It's all about the pebbling

What Happens When There’s a Tie at the Olympics?

Until they start 3D printing golds on demand the IOC will have to prepare for ties, regardless of how unlikely they are

The Electronic Start System by OMEGA.

The Timekeeping Tech that Keeps the Olympics Fair

Modern starting pistols are more Buck Rogers than Dirty Harry

Khinkali can be found through Sochi and the Caucasus

How to Make Khinkali and Khachapuri, Sochi's Delectable Delicacies (With Recipes!)

Eat your way through the Olympics with these foods native to the Caucasus

Winter Olympians From the Smithsonian Vaults

From the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, a team of former champions, heroes and icons

A damaged Olympic Symbol from the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Sarajevo's Abandoned Olympic Sites

Haunting images of a war-torn Winter Olympic venue

Zach Lund, a former Olympian and head driving coach for the U.S. bobsled team, films an athlete training in Lake Placid, N.Y. for the Sochi Olympics using Ubersense, an app that allows for real-time video analysis.

How Technology is Changing the Way Athletes Train

Apps like Ubersense and AMPSports bring run-by-run data to skiers, bobsledders and other competitors

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Modern Olympic Athletes Are Bigger, Stronger And Far, Far More Specialized

Over time, Olympians are changing shape to suit their sport

Do you want to be an Olympics superfan? Turn watching the games into a two-screen experience.

The Best Ways to Follow the 2014 Olympic Games

Not in Sochi? Not a problem. Stay connected with these apps and social media-lites

The mountaineers leave the aul.

150 Years Ago, Sochi Was the Site of a Horrific Ethnic Cleansing

Czar Alexander II may have freed the serfs, but his war against the stateless people of the Caucasus cannot be ignored

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Sochi 2014: What's In & What's Out

So much has changed since London and Vancouver. Let us guide you through the new Olympic scene

Will We Ever See a Bionic Winter Olympian?

With more sophisticated prosthetics, skiers and snowboarders are trying to break the same ground blazed by Oscar Pistorius at the 2012 Summer Olympics

A ski jumper flashes a V.

Five Winter Olympians Who Forever Changed Their Sports

Considered bizarre at first, these athletes' techniques ultimately became the gold standards for their sports

Can a Statistical Model Accurately Predict Olympic Medal Counts?

Data miners have developed models that predict countries' medal counts by looking solely at stats like latitude and GDP

United States athletes at the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Who Really Composed NBC's Olympic Theme? Not Who You Think

Music for the Olympic Games has a long and complicated history—and John Williams, the Star Wars composer, is only part of it

Skiers can generally execute a greater number of tricks per jump in the half-pipe than snowboarders.

A Primer on the Eight Olympic Events Debuting in Sochi

Study up on the rules and history of the latest competitions to make the Winter Games lineup

Omega's red measuring units can be mounted on the sides of bobsleds to track performance.

Five High-Tech Tools to Boost Athletes to Olympic Glory

Athletes are using cutting-edge training devices that they hope will give them a competitive advantage

Russia's Getting Strict About Doping at Sochi

There will almost certainly be those who get away with it, but you can’t say the Russians aren’t trying

Whatever Happened to Eddie the Eagle, Britain’s Most Lovable Ski Jumper?

Twenty-six years after he (sort of) took to the air at the Olympics, Michael Edwards soars

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