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cord maintaining that and winning those," Ligety said. "I know that I don't have to take the mega-risk."
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• SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- After $51 billion, it should be easy to get around at the Olympics -- for everyone.
• Organizers have repeatedly touted accessibility for people with disabilities as one of the chief lasting benefits of hosting the Winter Games in Sochi. But with less than three weeks until the Paralympics, infrastructure around Olympic Park and its venues are not entirely barrier-free.
• Wheelchair access ramps at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center aren't easily visible, while stairs for walking access are steep and icy. Door frames raised from the floor are all over the venues, including doorways leading into lower seating areas and wheelchair seating at Bolshoy Ice Dome.
• Wheelchair lifts at some of the hotels being used for the games only work on one side of the stairs -- and instructions are provided only in English. One trailer with two restrooms for people with disabilities outside the Iceberg Skating Palace doubles as a storage closet, filled with janitorial supplies and a large trash can.
• As the world saw when the Olympics opened Feb. 7, not everything is finished or polished -- there are certainly hurdles for people with disabilities.
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• SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- Some marvel at their brazen nerve. Others condemn the young women as anarchic and enemies of the state.
• One thing's for certain, Pussy Riot is media savvy.
• Two members of the Russian punk group were detained in the host city of the Winter Olympics on Tuesday. By the time the group was released from a Sochi police station a few hours later, cameras were out in force to record the curious sight of the women running down the street wearing bright dresses and with colorful face masks concealing their identities.
• It was their first public performance since they were arrested in March 2012, and raises questions about what they plan next.

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