Noted oppressor of gay people, Russian President Vladimir Putin deigned to put his hands on a potential corrupter of children's innocence, openly bisexual Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst. Wüst won a gold medal on Sunday, making her the first of the seven openly gay or bisexual Olympians competing at Sochi to do. You can…
For the first time, an Alpine skiing event at the Olympics has ended in a tie. On Wednesday, Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Tina Maze of Slovenia both made it through Sochi's women's downhill course in exactly 1 minute and 41.57 seconds. Adding to the historic moment: Maze is the first Slovenian to win a gold…
Two nations came together today during the men's cross-country semifinals when a Canadian coach came to the rescue of a Russian skier struggling to finish after he crashed and broke his ski.
Figure skater and NBC commentator Johnny Weir enters his fourth straight day of Olympic sartorial heroism with what can only be a tribute to the games' most important story, lead announcer Bob Costas' conjunctivitis.
God knows we're no friends of Vladimir Putin and the Russians' iron hand over here, but there is nothing more annoying than a whiny bunch of Eurasian Islamists with a big wish list.
Why do Olympic "skaters keep on skating to Schindler's List"? asks Slate's Justin Peters. Because no matter the enormity of the evil perpetrated in the Holocaust, Spielberg can top it in salty schmaltz and drippy kitsch, Justin. And schmaltz-lovers know their own. Obvs.
The 2014 Winter Olympics are about to be overtaken by Johnny Weir, the ex-Olympic figure skater now working for NBC during this year's Games. Absorb his above look, because it's more fun than anything that has happened in Sochi so far.
Barring a particularly memorable Winter Games, the Olympics in Sochi are destined to be remembered as "The One Where Everything Was Shitty." To the pile of Sochi horror stories we can add this tale from snowboard and ski course builder Johnnie Balfour.
Since the start of the Olympic Games in Sochi yesterday, at least 14 people have been arrested across Russia for staging — or attempting to stage, or perhaps even thinking about staging — protests of Russia's anti-gay laws.
Here's one bathroom in the Olympic village in Sochi that we can be fairly certain was not being spied on by the Russian government. U.S. men's bobsledder Johnny Quinn tweeted out the picture of the aftermath of his run in with the bathroom door early this morning.
Watching the Olympics? We went through the good, the bad, and the amazing parts of the Opening Ceremony so you don't have to.
The Parade of Nations is happening right now at the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Winter Olympics, and boy, is it interesting. This is everyone's chance to see how other countries see themselves (or, in some cases, regret seeing themselves) and, more importantly, to comment on their weird fashion sense.
It took less than ten minutes of the 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony to witness the latest in a long line of Sochi screwups. The final ring in the sequence failed to open out from a snowflake, giving us this sad abortion of an Olympic symbol. Here's video:
The Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Sochi just aired. It started by highlighting the host country's achievements, naming Russia's famous artists, authors, and scientists. It was also trippy as hell. Video from the rest of the ceremony is below:
How screwed-up is this place, really? And how did Sochi get the Olympics in the first place? And where is it, and why should you care? Let our Gawker Explainer® hash it all out.
The Olympics' corporate sponsors already have in place their PR and advertising plans in case of a terrorist attack. So, you know, not to worry.
Russia may be run by an iron-fisted dictatorial tyrant who's using the Olympic games as his own personal tool to legitimize his corrupt and unjust reign. Sure. But that doesn't mean he needs to make things worse by allowing shitty yogurt to cross his borders.
Three days before the start of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Human Rights Watch released a video detailing the discrimination and brutal physical attacks openly carried out against members of the LGBT community in Russia.
Coca-Cola may be downplaying the fact that it's a Sochi Winter Olympics sponsor, but the mega-corporation doesn't really seem to have a problem with banning the word from its website.
Yesterday, BBC reporter Steven Rosenberg posted this picture from the biathlon and cross-country skiing venue for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. So why did the building planners put two toilets in the same stall? It's one of many mysteries of these upcoming games.
