SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 06: Valentin Cretu of Romania takes part in a men's luge training session ahead of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the Sanki Sliding Center on February 6, 2014 in Sochi, ...

The opening ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics won’t take place until Friday evening, but the first events were already underway Thursday in Russian host city of Sochi. Snowboarders took to the ...

Eva Samkova, the 2014 Olympic snowboard cross champion, pulled out of next month's Winter Games in Beijing on Thursday, after failing to recover from a fall in December in which she broke both ankles.