In the Olympics, you better give it your all until you’re past the finish line! One Norwegian biathlete nearly learned that the hard way during today’s competition, when a French competitor came *thisclose* to stealing the gold.
Irony! Months after banning the promotion of homosexuality, Russia opened the 2014 Winter Olympic games with a t.A.T.u., a female duo known for pretending to be in a lesbian relationship.
Two weeks before the 2014 Winter Olympics are set to begin in his city, Sochi mayor Anatoly Pakhomov claimed there aren’t currently gay residents. He added that gay athletes are welcome as long as they “don’t impose their habits on others.”
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